Court told Kildare woman died in heroin addict's home due to consumption of alcohol and morphine

A court has been told that a 30-year-old woman from Kildare who met a heroin addict online died from pneumonia that was caused by intoxication after consuming morphine and alcohol.

Mairéad Kelly, with an address at the Grove, Athy, died on May 3 2015 when she was staying over at Greg Ward's home in Lucan after she met the man on dating website, Plenty of Fish.

Mr Ward, who was suffering from a heroin addiction at the time, awoke to find Ms Kelly in a collapsed state in his living room on the night in question. She was described as being in a distressed state on the night of her death, and had been drinking vodka very quickly.

The coroner's report told of how she died due to pneumonia caused by a repressed gag reflex after she consumed alcohol and morphine earlier that night.

Mr Ward told paramedics that she may have consumed some of his heroine, but the coroner's report said that there was no link between his heroine and the toxins found to have caused her death.

The court returned a verdict of misadventure.