PATHOLOGIST CONFIRMS TEEN DIED FROM ‘N-BOMB’ POISONING
ALEX RYAN INQUEST DEATH ADJOURNED TO ALLOW CHARGES TO BE BROUGHT
THE Director of Public Prosecutions has directed that charges will be brought against three people following a Garda investigation into the death of Millstreet teenager Alex Ryan.
Mr Ryan died after taking the powerful psycho-stimulant drug N-Bomb. He passed away on January 18 days after he took the drug at a house party.
Coroner Philip Comyn opened and adjourned the inquest into Mr Ryan’s death after hearing evidence of identification and cause of death at Cork City coroner’s court.
Mr Ryan was one of six people who were rushed to CUMH on January 19 after taking what was believed to have been at the time a psycho-stimulant drug during a party at a house at St Patrick’s Terrace on Green Street.
Dr Margot Bolster, assistant state pathologist, told Mr Comyn that Mr Ryan died from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy – lack of oxygen to the brain – due to cardiac arrest from ingestion of 4-iodo2 5-dimethoxy-n-(2-methoxybenzyl) phenethylamine, a psychedelic drug known as the N-Bomb.
Mr Comyn noted the evidence and told Mr Ryan’s mother, Irene, and sister, Nicole, that he was adjourning the inquest pending the outcome of criminal proceedings.
Mr Ryan’s inquest is in again for mention only in December.
N-Bomb is widely available on-liine and can be sold in tablet, powder or liquid form. It produces intense hallucinogenic and psychedelic effects, and has been described as a cross between ecstasy and LSD.
Mr Ryan’s organs were donated and helped bring a new lease of life to four other people.