Tributes paid to teenager who died after taking drugs at Cork's Indiependence festival

A teenager who died after consuming drugs at a festival has been described as a “young boy who had a future ahead of him”.

Tributes paid to teenager who died after taking drugs at Cork's Indiependence festival
Mon, 05 Aug, 2019 - 22:32
Ryan O’Neill

A teenager who died after consuming drugs at a festival has been described as a “young boy who had a future ahead of him”.

19-year-old Jack Downey from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, died on Monday after becoming ill while attending the Indiependence Festival in Mitchelstown, Co Cork.

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