Councillor Critical of Failure to Take Drink-Spiking Seriously - 14/10/2025

Hospital staff and gardaí have been accused of failing to take the suspected spiking of drinks seriously after an incident involving the family member of a local politician.Fianna Fáil Councillor Audrey Buckley believes proper protocols are not in place to deal with such incidents. “They’re not logged anywhere, so there are no statistics because nobody’s listening,” she said.Councillor Buckley made the claim as she spoke of a family member who was out with five friends on the night of the Leaving Certificate results in August. “They were only an hour in this place and she had had one drink” and an ambulance was called when she passed out.She said in suspected spiking cases the drugs only last a few hours in the system so “it’s important to get blood tests done within a certain time”. However, despite asking several times for blood to be taken, medical personnel would not do so until the doctor saw her.Councillor Buckley joined us on The Agenda this morning to speak to us some more about ths. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.