AN inquest into the death of a young Limerick student was told that messages to another person on his facebook page just before his death contained some “serious stuff”.
Limerick Coroners Court heard that the lifeless body of the 21-year-old student was found at an apartment he shared with others on February 8 last.
The students were getting ready to take part in a rag week event but the student was found in a lifeless state when one of his friends went to his room.
Emergency services were called but attempts to revive him failed.
Post-mortem toxicology tests of blood and urine samples showed traces of ecstasy and cannabis and the Pathology report concluded that the 21-year-old died from asphyxia.
Limerick city coroner John McNamara was told that one of his relatives logged into the student’s facebook profile and found it contained some “serious stuff”.
She said she would be very concerned with the kind of communication he had with another person.
Mr McNamara said there was evidence that the student had some drugs in his system and this could have affected the young man’s decision-making capacity.
An open verdict was recorded.
The court also heard details of another 21-year-old who was missing for more than seven years.
An open verdict was also recorded into the death of the man whose body has never been found.
The court heard that the man was last seen by two people on January 10, 2009, as he entered the water from the Shannon Bridge in Limerick.
Despite an extensive search, his body was never recovered.
