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A KIDNEY was removed from the body of a 27-year-old Irish man who died from a drug overdose in Ibiza last August, the Sunday Tribune has learned. The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed to the family of Finbarr Kelly that one of his kidneys was removed before his body was returned home to Ireland last August. His family had not given permission for such a procedure. The report of the autopsy carried out in Spain failed to record this information. Kelly, a business graduate from Sligo town, travelled to Playa d'en Bossa, Ibiza, last August with a group of 11...

Ten people are in a serious condition in hospital after overdosing on the party drug known as Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) during a Melbourne rave early today.Metropolitan Ambulance Service spokesman James Howe said paramedics were repeatedly called to the dance party at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena from 1am (AEDT) until 8am today following reports people had collapsed unconscious after taking GBH."Nine people, aged in their 20s and 30s, were taken to various Melbourne hospitals throughout the night," Mr Howe said.Another man, in his 20s, was in a critical condition in the Alfred hospital but later stabilised."Upon arrival at various intervals...