Judge warns man to co-operate with the Probation Service

A man who had most of his two-year jail sentence suspended in a case following a teenager’s death at an orgy of drink and drugs has failed to co-operate with the Probation Service, it emerged yesterday

A year ago, Judge Gerard O’Brien imposed a two-year sentence, with 18 months suspended, on Harry Clifton for his part in the supply of a synthetic drug. Alex Ryan, aged 18, of Liscahane, Millstreet, Co Cork, died on January 23, 2016, after taking the drug.

At the sentencing last year, Det Garda Daniel McEnery said the investigation commenced following the admission of several people to hospital after they had taken a drug at a party in Greenmount. Most of the people at the party were students. Mr Ryan died in hospital after nasally ingesting the drug at the party.