If I could switch places with drugs death Ailbhe, I would

Boyfriend's evidence at inquest

- SEAN MCCARTHAIGH

A YOUNG woman suffered a fatal bleed in her brain after the first time she ever took cocaine and ecstasy, an inquest was told.

Dublin District Coroner's Court heard evidence that Ailbhe Smith began foaming at the mouth and suffered a seizure after being given four lines of coke and an ecstasy tablet by her new boyfriend Glen Burke.

Ms Smith, 26, of Quill Road, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow, died the following day at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin where the former DCU student had been brought.

The inquest heard Ms Smith had met a female friend who was home from the US in Phoenix Park on the evening of September 29, 2020 where they drank some alcohol and ate pizza and chocolate.

She took a taxi from Stoneybatter later on and arrived at Mr Burke's house in Swords, North Co Dublin, at around midnight.

In evidence her boyfriend outlined how they had met on the dating website Bumble and had "clicked" with both sharing an interest in water sports.

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