'It's class genocide' - Recovering drug addict reveals 10 of her friends have died since Christmas

"I started hanging around with a couple of friends from the blocks and we were very innocent. They were smoking hash and I just thought 'well, what about it?' - it was just a bit of craic."

A Dublin woman who shot into the public eye after describing her battle recovering from drug addiction has revealed that 10 of her friends have passed away from drug-related deaths since Christmas.

Rachael Keogh has released an updated 10-year anniversary edition of her book Dying to Survive where she details growing up in Ballymun and how she was crippled by addiction.