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Drugs

Addiction

Cocaine the main drug in almost 40% of addiction treatment cases last year

15 hrs ago

6.5k

Courts

Man caught holding half a million euro worth of drugs in parents' house to pay off debt jailed

15 May

22.6k

armed gardaí

Shotgun, drugs and motorbikes seized in Finglas following suspected pipe-bomb drone attack

8 May

9.3k

Drug seizure

Two men (60s) arrested after seizure of €10 million worth of cannabis in Co Clare

Updated 8 May

27.3k

horse tranquiliser

Dr Chris Luke: It's high time we talked about Ketamine

Dr Chris Luke

4 May

18.2k

Organised Crime Group

Three men sentenced for roles in transporting cocaine from Dublin to the North via train

11 Apr

9.9k

Revenue

Woman (20s) arrested after €380,000 worth of cannabis seized at Dublin Airport

31 Mar

15.9k

Cork City

Three arrested as gardaí target organised crime group's alleged involvement with drugs in Cork city

30 Mar

8.8k

Drug smuggling

Multiple arrests made in operation targetting transport of drugs from Spain to Ireland

26 Mar

12.9k

prescriptions

Social Prescribing: What is it all about and how can it help our health?

Liz O'Hagan

19 Mar

8.9k

Garda Operation

Gardaí arrest two men and seize nearly €2m worth of cocaine and cannabis in Dublin and Louth

12 Mar

9.3k

Courts

Kerry businessman jailed for 12 years for importing crystal meth

10 hrs ago

34.3k

Drug use

Less than 3% of drug users in Europe got treatment to help them manage or quit last year

25 Feb

3.3k

De Verdon Place

Residents 'trapped' as new Dublin housing development is 'destroyed' by drug use and vandalism

“Teenagers are threatening residents, kicking apartment doors, and engaging in theft and vandalism.”

Órla Ryan

10 Feb

67.3k

Special Criminal Court

Four men plead guilty to transporting over two tonnes of cocaine on MV Matthew ship

6 Feb

8.5k

Mountmellick

Three men arrested after cocaine and cannabis worth €12.8 million seized in Co Laois

Updated 5 Feb

20.5k

Courts

Bulgarian man pleads guilty to possessing €21 million cocaine haul smuggled into Limerick port

31 Jan

9.1k

Drogheda

Two men, 20s, arrested during searches in Louth drugs investigation

21 Jan

5.4k

Kerry

Two Filipino sailors charged with conspiracy to import drugs following arrest on cargo ship

20 Jan

7.8k

Swords

Man arrested after gardaí seize around €400,000 of cannabis in Co Dublin

19 Jan

12.6k

Gardaí

Two more men arrested on boat on Shannon Estuary in connection with alleged drug trafficking

18 Jan

14.6k

Organised Crime

Gardaí believe drugs shipment may be floating in sea off Kerry after botched smuggling drop-off

Niall O'Connor

Updated 15 Jan

43.3k

Kerry

Four men arrested on suspicion of assisting organised crime over drugs 'mothership' off Kerry

15 Jan

14.7k

Customs

Man in his 60s arrested after cannabis worth €360,000 is seized at Dublin Airport

12 Jan

18.1k

operation tara

Man arrested after gardaí seize over €120,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in Wicklow

7 Jan

12.1k

psycare

Opinion: We should try to reduce the harm caused by Christmas excess as much as possible

Michael Ledden & Kathryn Ledden

22 Dec 2024

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The Morning Lead

Ireland’s first medically supervised injection centre to open, nine years after it was approved

Service users said they have been “treated like lepers” but will finally have a safe, non-judgemental place to go, Eddie Mullins told us.

The MSIF was first proposed at Cabinet nine years ago, almost to the day, on 15 December 2015

Plans for the facility were beset with objections, but it will finally open in the coming days

Dublin's inner city has been "ravaged by addiction and drug use over many, many years", MQI CEO Eddie Mullins said

Órla Ryan

17 Dec 2024

14.7k

Courts

Brazilian woman jailed for attempting to smuggle €83,000 worth of cocaine into Ireland

5 Dec 2024

14.1k

Galway

Three arrested after multiple pipe bombs and drugs stash seized in Galway

25 Nov 2024

13.4k

drug safety

'This will save lives' - Ireland's first supervised drug injection centre to open this December

24 Nov 2024

19.7k

Limerick

Two arrested after gardaí seize over €500,000 worth of drugs in Limerick

23 Nov 2024

13.7k

Investigation

Three men arrested as drugs, Rolex watches and Range Rover seized by gardaí in Galway

20 Nov 2024

21.8k

old youghal road

Soldier charged over cocaine found in barracks must wait until next year for DPP directions

11 Nov 2024

8.8k

smugglers

Former Soviet fighter pilot jailed for flying €8.4 million worth of heroin into Dublin

6 Nov 2024

17.7k

Revenue

Over €200,000 worth of cocaine seized at Dublin Airport

2 Nov 2024

11.8k

Seizures

Revenue detector dogs find €7.5 million worth of illicit and illegal contraband in Dublin

29 Oct 2024

19.4k

Saggart

Teen charged with gun possession released despite ‘concern’ for others as detention centre full

26 Oct 2024

13.0k

The Morning Lead

Drones with 'flaming packages' being used to burn through prison nets and deliver drugs

The drones are flown from nearby roads and fields with the burning package carried beneath the remote-controlled craft.

Niall O'Connor

19 Oct 2024

24.8k

Pregabalin

Medical Council suggests controls needed on widely used prescription drug

13 Oct 2024

42.2k

Drugs

Cocaine worth €70,000 seized in Limerick city

12 Oct 2024

10.6k

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