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"I was at a wake, on one of the mourners I could see the marks from where they had been snorting cocaine"

Sinn Fein TD Ruairi O’Murchu recently witnessed a mourner snorting cocaine at a funeral he says it’s a sign of how dire the drug situation in Ireland is

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15.10 16 Nov 2021


"I was at a wake, on one of the mourners I could see the marks from where they had been snorting cocaine"


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15.10 16 Nov 2021


Sinn Fein TD Ruairi O’Murchu recently witnessed a mourner snorting cocaine at a funeral he says it’s a sign of how dire the drug situation in Ireland is.  

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