Second Waterford party victim buried

The burial took place today of the second young man to die in Waterford last week after ingesting cocaine at a party two weeks…

The burial took place today of the second young man to die in Waterford last week after ingesting cocaine at a party two weeks ago.

Hundreds of mourners attended the service for John Grey (23) today at St Saviour's Church. Mr Grey had spent 13 days on a life-support machine at Waterford Regional Hospital before he died on Saturday.

He was buried in St Otteran's Cemetery following the mass. His friend Kevin Doyle was buried last Thursday.

The men were two of 15 people treated following a party at Mr Grey's family home in Ballybeg Square on November 25th. The two victims were understood to have taken cocaine orally.

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