Emergency services on alert in Cork after eight synthetic drug overdoses

Posters with warnings to heroin users are being erected in Cork city centre over the weekend  

The HSE urges people not to experiment with new drugs or new batches sold in the Cork area.  Picture: iStock

Medics and gardaí are on the alert after eight non-fatal overdoses linked to a synthetic drug were identified in Cork.

It comes after 57 such overdoses over a two-week period in Dublin last month, linked to a nitazene-type substance.