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A teenage girl who collapsed after apparently taking dodgy ecstasy pills has died in hospital.

Tragic Ana Hick was declared dead this afternoon after her fight for life failed following the shocking collapse outside a nightclub.

Ana, 18, was on a night out with pals in Dublin on Saturday night when she became ill outside the city's Twisted Pepper.

The teenager had a fit and a heart attack after she was suspected of taking the cheap tablets – believed to be a mix of ecstacy and other drugs.

Emergency services were called and arrived to find Ana had suffered a cardiac arrest.

According to the Irish Mirror , She was taken to a nearby hospital where her condition deteriorated and Ana passed away early on Sunday evening.

The pills she is suspected of taking are made of PMMA, a cheaper alternative to ecstasy, and they are thought to be flooding the country.

Even though they still contain methamphetamine, the tablets are full of toxic chemicals which can be fatal.

Although medics were able to resuscitate her, Ana was put on a life support machine last night before her fight for life ended after 5.30pm on Sunday.

Her heartbroken father was understood to be travelling back to Dublin from the United States to be with his daughter last night.

Friends of the young woman, who didn’t want to be named, said Ana was an outgoing girl who loved living life.

One added: “Ana is just so nice.

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“The kindest, funniest person you could meet. She’s the friendliest, chattiest girl going.

“She is so good to people and so talented and beautiful. Everyone loved her.

“I can’t believe this has happened. My heart goes out to her parents and her family. They must be going through absolute hell.”

Ana was with four of her closest pals as she celebrated finishing her first year in college and was due to celebrate her 19th birthday in two days’ time.

Friend Conor Watters said: "I'm so incredibly lucky to have had the pleasure of knowing such a determined, ambitious, fun loving girl!

"From the first time we met at Star Wars auditions (waiting 6 hours in the cold and rain) where we had the best craic i knew you were special!

"We promised each other we would look out for one another no matter where we ended up in our career!

"Rest In Peace movie star, you're truly amazing."

Ana studied acting and film in the hope of breaking into the business. She also worked at Crunch Fitness in Dun Laoghaire.

Dr Chris Luke, a consultant in emergency medicine at Cork University Hospital, previously warned help for people on such drugs is complicated because of the new concoctions.

He said: “The frontline services, paramedics for instance, won’t know what has been taken and might never know, because the chemicals are so new and the laboratories simply don’t have the technology to identify them.”