Gerry Ryan Inquest

Bendihorse

Any Surprises in there?

chordtype

Cokehead.

Bendihorse

I missed the report on the news and cant find anything online, thats why i ask.

Rookster

The girlfriend said he never took cocaine while the results showed he died from it. She must feel like a right fool.Or else she was talking through her arse.

smk89

Add hookers and thats the way to go

Kimono-Girl

The inquest in the death of RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan has heard that traces of cocaine found in his system were the likely trigger to a cardiac arrhythmia that resulted in his death.
A coroner said that Mr Ryan's heart was normal, but he said traces of cocaine were found in his system during toxicology tests carried out at Beaumont Hospital and at the State Laboratory.
He said that alcohol levels in Mr Ryan's system were nowhere near the level that would cause complications.

Mr Ryan, 53, was found dead at his apartment at Upper Leeson Street in Dublin on 30 April.
Earlier, the partner of TV and radio presenter Gerry Ryan denied that he used cocaine in the hours before his death.
Melanie Verwoerd was speaking at the inquest for the RTÉ broadcaster at the Dublin City Coroner's Court.
Asked by Coroner Brian Farrell if 'cocaine was ever an issue', Ms Verwoerd said 'absolutely not'.
Ms Verwoerd said one of the ground rules of their relationship was that drugs were not acceptable. She said in the two years they were together nothing had been used.
Ms Verwoerd said that the pressures of finalising his separation from his wife Morah, as well as enormous pressure from RTÉ and his work, had begun to take a toll on Mr Ryan.
She said that he was constantly waking in the middle of the night, sweating and feeling very unwell.
Ms Verwoerd said she was 'incredibly' concerned about him and he had told her he was 'totally banjaxed' and felt very tired.
She said the pressure Mr Ryan was under was never openly obvious to people as he was a 'showman'.
He would give private signals to her during social events when he was unwell and had to leave. She said this was a fairly common occurrence.
Ms Verwoerd said that changes in sick leave policy in RTÉ had resulted in Mr Ryan feeling he could not take time off work even though he was unwell.
Friends of Mr Ryan have been describing the last hours of his life.
Several witnesses at the inquest have said he was in good form and enjoyed a meal in Town Bar and Grill and a few drinks, before going home at around 10.45pm on the night before his death.
Ms Verwoerd described finding Mr Ryan's body on the floor of his bedroom, lying wrapped in bedclothes beside his bed.
She said it was immediately apparent he was cold and stiff and had been dead for some time.
Mr Ryan's wife Morah and his son Rex also attended the inquest, along with colleagues from 2FM.
Mr Ryan's GP, Dr Tony Crosby, said that Mr Ryan was suffering from 'severe stress and anxiety' as a result of a number of factors.
He said he had seen Mr Ryan on 22 April, just a few days before Mr Ryan's death.
Dr Crosby said he had prescribed some drugs to assist with his condition.
He said Mr Ryan was normally very open and forthright about how he was feeling but made no complaint about chest pains.
He said Gerry Ryan had told him was not sleeping, was feeling very stressed, and was quite anxious.

From Rte.ie

blaze1

smk89 wrote: »

Add hookers and thats the way to go

if your gonna go may as well be with coke & hookers

TheSpecialOne

chordtype wrote: »

Cokehead.

He's looking for something in the postmortem that will suprise him......

Howjoe1

I remember being told about 15 years ago that he was a cocaine user but dismissed it as idle gossip particular since he was always so anti drugs on his radio show.

looks like the rumour was probably right.

Paracore

So he was a cokehead. And the p$$s he used to take out of junkies on air. Stinks of hypocrisy me thinks...

chordtype

Still waiting on Joe Duffy to be outed as a smackhead and a pimp.

th3 s1aught3r

I am sure he could well afford it , on 500k a year or something like that. Id say RTE is knee deep in Coke

Howjoe1

Gay Byrne was with him that night....

DubDani

Not wanting to sound mean, but why does his death require an inquest that probably costs the state quite a bit of money again?

He is dead, and if they are sure that he was not killed, then that's it. If I would die under the same circumstances, then there wouldn't be an inquest either.

Complete waste of taxpayers money IMO.

Ghandee

I didnt mind Gerry Ryan at all.
I understand some folk found him irritating etc, but personally I really enjoyed listening to his shows, and I really felt like I had 'company' for 3 hours a day when he was on air whilst I was on the road with work.

I couldnt give 2 hoots as to what they found in his system, cocaine or otherwise! At the end of the day, there are a few children who will be without a father at Christmas this year!


May he R.I.P

123balltv

what a hypocrite :mad: giving it all that slagging people off
on RTE they said he was stressed over the recession WHAT did he live on
the breadline I dont think so maybe the price of coke was keeping him up at nights and stressing him out

Cool_CM

We have to track down and punish these monsters who keep giving our celebrities bad cocaine.

_feedback_

One of the I Radio stations was on at work.

On the news report they said "When asked if Gerry took cocaine in the days previous to his death. his partner said: Absolutely not".

Back to the newsroom: "In breaking news - The inquest in to the death of RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan has heard he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia as a result of excessive cocaine and alcohol"

RIP Gerry

TheZohanS

DubDani wrote: »

Not wanting to sound mean, but why does his death require an inquest that probably costs the state quite a bit of money again?

He is dead, and if they are sure that he was not killed, then that's it. If I would die under the same circumstances, then there wouldn't be an inquest either.

Complete waste of taxpayers money IMO.

There would.

orourkeda

The rumours appear to be true for a change.

who the fug

Cool_CM wrote: »

We have to track down and punish these monsters who keep giving our celebrities bad cocaine.

Not punish, reward them

Also give them some direct numbers to help with the marketing

testicle

DubDani wrote: »

Not wanting to sound mean, but why does his death require an inquest that probably costs the state quite a bit of money again?

He is dead, and if they are sure that he was not killed, then that's it. If I would die under the same circumstances, then there wouldn't be an inquest either.

Complete waste of taxpayers money IMO.

You're a bit thick aren't you?

Monty Burnz

Gucky wrote: »

I couldnt give 2 hoots as to what they found in his system, cocaine or otherwise! At the end of the day, there are a few children who will be without a father at Christmas this year!

I didn't mind him either, didn't particularly like him though. On the other hand, he was clearly a massive hypocrite to give out about drugs and criminal gangs on one hand, and to actually be a user of drugs and a customer of those same murderous gangs on the other.

Whether he had a family or not isn't really relevant to that to be honest. It doesn't give you a free pass to do wrong.

Nodin

DubDani wrote: »

Not wanting to sound mean, but why does his death require an inquest that probably costs the state quite a bit of money again?

The circumstances mean its legally required. It'd be the same if it was thee or me.

stovelid

No great surprise really.

th3 s1aught3r

The sun always shines on TV, or em .... Radio

amacachi

It's terrible Joe!

hondasam

It only what we all knew. no surprise TBH.

Ghandee

Monty Burnz wrote: »

I didn't mind him either, didn't particularly like him though. On the other hand, he was clearly a massive hypocrite to give out about drugs and criminal gangs on one hand, and to actually be a user of drugs and a customer of those same murderous gangs on the other.

Whether he had a family or not isn't really relevant to that to be honest. It doesn't give you a free pass to do wrong.

I understand all that.

I was simply giving my personal opinion about him.

I'd say though that we only know the half of whats going on out there in showbiz land!

latenia

I wonder will Degsy have any opinion on this matter?

Mister men

Amazing the way he talked about "scumbag" drug dealers week in week out all the while he was throwing bags of Columbias finest up his nasal passage.
Ryan had blood on his hands all the while preaching on RTE/Pravda about how you should be living your life.

stovelid

Surprising lack of moral fury re: cocaine so far.

I guess it's all about who does it rather than what they do.

leeroybrown

DubDani wrote: »

Not wanting to sound mean, but why does his death require an inquest that probably costs the state quite a bit of money again?

He is dead, and if they are sure that he was not killed, then that's it. If I would die under the same circumstances, then there wouldn't be an inquest either.

Complete waste of taxpayers money IMO.

Any death involving suspicious or unexplained circumstances like this would likely result in an inquest. They happen all the time, it's just that they're not reported on.

Wertz

Ah how I recall all the hand wringing, finger-pointing and moralising done on that show around this time 4 3 yrs ago, just after Katie French died...

I have no problem with illegal drug use by any celebrity...I do have a huge problem with those same public figures proseltyizing about anti drug use or slamming drug culture, even if I undertsnad that they must given their public profile and career on this little island of hypocrisy.

It's time this country had a very honest debate about drugs. I never liked Ryan really (although he was admittedly a great broadcaster) and this revelation won't change my opinion of him (I always had him down as a hypocrite)...but I have absolutely no doubt that there'll be many of his former listeners and fans (the mammy brigade of Ireland) who will try and deny or reconcile this and/or who may change their opinion of the man because of this news.

Rest assured folks...there's loads of others out there at it too, some of whom you'd least expect. That's it, from me and them until then...

thewintermute

Cue media frenzy to track down supplier of cocaine that killed Gerry? (a la French Stylee)I seriously doubt it.People who live in glasshouses should masturbate in the basement.

Bendihorse

Sure look at yer man from cork, he was caught with his trousers down too!

chordtype

Chances of this not coming up at all on Liveline?

dfx-

stovelid wrote: »

Surprising lack of moral fury re: cocaine so far.

I guess it's all about who does it rather than what they do.

It's perhaps easier to be very quick to pay tributes and RIPs than to be quick to shout out now...

tonycascarino

Bendihorse wrote: »

Sure look at yer man from cork, he was caught with his trousers down too!

Who and what did he do?

sbsquarepants

To be perfectly honest, i never liked the man, i always thought he was a smug, self important dick head. The fact that he is also now a proven hypocrite doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

What i'd love to come out in the wash is that joe duffy was his dealer!

Bendihorse

tonycascarino wrote: »

Who and what did he do?

He had a slot on morning radio in cork similar to that of Gerry, was very opinionated and outspoken. He took out his 'member' and proceeded to have a hand shandy on an aerlingus flight from Heathrow. He said he was out of his mind on a cocktail of painkillers and alcohol at the time.

mariaf24

Monty Burnz wrote: »

I didn't mind him either, didn't particularly like him though. On the other hand, he was clearly a massive hypocrite to give out about drugs and criminal gangs on one hand, and to actually be a user of drugs and a customer of those same murderous gangs on the other.

Whether he had a family or not isn't really relevant to that to be honest. It doesn't give you a free pass to do wrong.

And don't forget he was the presenter / face of Operation Transformation, A TV show which advocated a healthy lifestyle. Or maybe that was just about healthy eating? Drugs are ok maybe? :rolleyes:
To be fair though, Irish people are very naive, i can imagine how 'shocked' and 'saddened' people will be that Gerry Ryan took cocaine :rolleyes:
So yes he was clearly a hypocrite and RTE are just as guilty, using him to front Health programmes and such :rolleyes:

So to sum up... :rolleyes:

Wompa1

<snip> Lets not get ourselves in legal trouble with rumours etc.

tonycascarino

Bendihorse wrote: »

He had a slot on morning radio in cork similar to that of Gerry, was very opinionated and outspoken. He took out his 'member' and proceeded to have a hand shandy on an aerlingus flight from Heathrow. He said he was out of his mind on a cocktail of painkillers and alcohol at the time.

Completely forgot about that fella and the 'incident'. Thanks.

stovelid

Think about it:

Gerry was stressed about his finances.

Laying out loads of money on cocaine.

The head shops provided cheaper highs but were closed down.

Conclusion:

JOE DUFFY KILLED GERRY RYAN.

/perhaps

Handsome Bob

Wow, my dad actually called this on the day Ryan died, I thought he was just being his usual cynical and sour self. :pac:

chordtype

If only he lived long enough for this weather. Loved a bit of the white stuff.

Mister men

You know what amazes me it's only when one of these celebs drops dead from drug use that people talk about it openly. For instance it's a known fact that certain presenters on TV3 are regular cocaine users out and about in clubs in Dublin. That's just a small example of the scale of the problem. Drug use has gone through the roof in the last couple of years and it's hardly been talked about because of the economy.

Minstrel27

Colour me shocked.

or not

Mister men

chordtype wrote: »

Chances of this not coming up at all on Liveline?

I'd say that's a given

mike65

Whats strikes me is how the likes of Ryan end up as big babies. Cosseted, over-indulged and overpaid. Fretting about whether he was due time off and taking refuge in marching powder.