UCC student died from heroin-based mix of drugs

A scholarship-winning UCC student from Waterford, who was struggling while studying away from home, was found dead in his bedroom after taking a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs mixed with heroin.

An inquest into the death of Aidan Smith, aged 22, from Tramore, was told that he had overcome previous difficulties with prescription medication.

However, he struggled to cope during his time in college and had talked in the weeks before his death earlier this year of wanting to return to his hometown.