Hotelier warns of 'scourge' of spiking in Cork City bars after son hospitalised

John Gately says his 21-year-old son, Tom, was spiked earlier this week

The hotelier said that when people are out socialising, they should never leave their drinks unattended. File picture

A Cork hotelier has said that drug spiking is a “scourge” in the city’s late bars after his own son and three others fell victim in one night.

John Gately, managing director of the Commodore Hotel in Cobh, says his 21-year-old son, Tom, was spiked earlier this week.