A second body was found in Cork city within hours, raising concerns about the city's drug crisis.
Gardai confirmed the discovery of a deceased man in a Cork city alleyway this afternoon. Emergency services responded to reports of a medical emergency in the Kryl's Quay area around 3pm on Friday, January 17. Upon arrival, they found an unresponsive male who was later pronounced dead at the scene despite resuscitation efforts. The body was transported to the morgue at Cork University Hospital for a post-mortem examination. Emergency services remained at the scene until approximately 6pm.
This tragic incident follows the discovery of another young man's body earlier in the day in Fitzgerald's Park, Cork's main public park. The man, believed to be in his 20s, was found deceased inside a portable toilet near the park's main entrance. According to reports, items associated with intravenous drug use, including a kit and a pamphlet promoting Cork's needle exchange program, were found in the vicinity. Charities working with drug users in Cork were informed in December that the establishment of a supervised injection facility, similar to one recently opened in Dublin, would likely take at least a year, if not longer. Calls for such a center in Ireland's second-largest city have intensified since its initial proposal almost a decade ago
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