One-in-four drug users at Irish festivals using laughing gas

Revenue seized 14,000 canisters of laughing gas this year, according to new figures given to Fine Gael TD Emer Higgins. File Picture of discarded canisters.

One-in-four drug users at music festivals in Ireland get high on laughing gas, it has emerged.

The HSE has found that nitrous oxide is an emerging trend among young Irish festival-goers.