Drink and pain medication misuse is a ‘death risk’

Any time a person combines alcohol with misuse of pain medication, they are putting their life at risk, an expert has warned.

The coroner of Cork City, Myra Cullinane, made the comment at the inquests into three drug-related deaths at the Coroners’ Court yesterday. None of the deaths were linked.

An inquest was heard in relation to the death of 38-year-old Jason Walsh of Pouladuff Rd in Cork City on October 24, 2015.