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19th May 2015
Majority of Cork heroin deaths due to mixing drugsMeeting hears 87 people have died from opiate-related deaths in city since 2004
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19th May 2015
‘Home-brewed heroin’ on streets in two yearsHome-brewed heroin could become a terrifying reality within two years following the creation of genetically modified yeast that can be used to make opiate drugs, experts have warned.
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18th May 2015
No evidence of contaminated drugs being soldGardaí say there is no evidence of contaminated drugs being sold on the streets following the death of a Dublin teenager.
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18th May 2015
Fall in public order offences linked to fewer late barsDrop in special exemption orders allowing alcohol until early hours saw fewer crimes
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17th May 2015
Girl, 18, dies after tragic night out at Dublin nightclubA young Irish woman has died after an incident at a central Dublin nightclub.
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17th May 2015
Dublin teenager fighting for her life in hospital after taking dodgy ecstasy pills on a night outAna Hick, 18, collapsed and suffered a heart attack outside the Twisted Pepper nightclub and it’s believed she had taken cheap tablets which have flooded on the market
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15th May 2015
Youth programme ‘got me out of trouble and off drugs’ - teen tells of success from garda serviceA young man has spoken candidly about how a Garda initiated youth programme got him “out of trouble” and off drugs.
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15th May 2015
Garda: Heroin addicts need treatment, not jail timeGardaí say that they cannot tackle the heroin problem on their own, that repeatedly arresting addicts is not the solution, and that pooling resources and ideas from different agencies and the public is the only way to address the issue.
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14th May 2015
At least 13,700 drug users are availing of needle exchange servicesAnd reflecting the national spread of the injecting of drugs, particularly of heroin, the report documents nearly 2,500 injectors in the HSE South region and more than 1,400 users in HSE West.
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13th May 2015
Our teens drink less but parents fourth heaviest drinkers in OECDIrish teenagers may be drinking less, but their parents are still among the heaviest drinkers in developed countries.
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