Gardaí and health officials brace for more deaths from synthetic heroin

Gardaí and health officials fear more drug-related deaths from a super-strong form of synthetic heroin after five deaths in the last three months.

Three deaths in Dublin and two in Cork linked to fentanyl have been recorded.

All five victims are believed to be aged in their 20s and 30s. The first death occurred in Cork on April 27, followed by three in Dublin at the end of May and a fifth in Cork on July 25. Three of the deceased are thought to have been intravenous heroin users.