Sister of Cork synthetic drug victim offers to help HSE

The sister of designer-drug victim Alex Ryan has offered to work with the HSE to highlight the dangers of designer drugs.

Nicole Ryan, who delivers drugs awareness talks in her own time to secondary schools, made the offer yesterday as Garda investigations into the suspected drugs-related death of a teenager in Cork City continued.

She said the death of Michael Cornacchia, 16, has convinced her of the need to work full-time on a drugs awareness campaign.