Strong ecstasy pills suspected in teen death

Gardaí suspect that high-strength ecstasy pills — rather than contaminated ones —played a role in the death of an 18-year-old in Dublin at the weekend.

Detectives believe Ana Hick took two different types of ecstasy tablets at a city-centre nightclub — one of which is known to generally contain a high quantity of the ecstasy chemical MDMA.

The tablets were Blue Ghost and Green Handgrenades/Grenades. Ms Hick, from Dalkey, Co Dublin, is believed to have take one of each.