Inquest hears details of teen's death in State care

An inquest has heard how a teenager in State care was found dead in a Cork squat clutching rosary beads.

Inquest hears details of teen's death in State care

An inquest has heard how a teenager in State care was found dead in a Cork squat clutching rosary beads.

Seventeen-year-old Christopher O'Driscoll died from severe pneumonia, but today the Coroner's Court in Cork was told that drugs played a significant contributory role in his death.

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