Cork mother calls for protocol on drink spiking after daughter taken to hospital during night out

Woman says her daughter was clearly not drunk but her pleas to have a toxicology test were refused

Cork mother says: 'All I want is a pathway that if someone presents in a hospital and if the doctors and nurses think there is a chance of spiking there, there has to be a protocol and a pathway and it has to be logged.'

A mother whose daughter is believed to have been victim of spiking during her Leaving Certificate results night out in Cork says a protocol on dealing with suspected spiking incidents is urgently needed.

The woman, who does not want to be named to protect her daughter, said she became aware her daughter had been taken to hospital by ambulance when she got a call from the girl’s friend.