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27th October 2009
Drink-drive penalty points may be reduced.The number of penalty points to be issued for lower-level breaches of the proposed new drink-driving legislation is expected to be lower than originally envisaged, in order to persuade Fianna Fáil backbenchers to back the Road Traffic Bill.
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26th October 2009
Garda chief worried over rising heroin use.Garda commissioner Fachtna Murphy has expressed concern about Ireland’s rising heroin problem after a series of hard-drug related deaths.
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22nd October 2009
Plan for Ennis youth cafe defended.The manager of Ennis Town Council yesterday roundly rejected claims a new youth cafe for Ennis will be used as a methadone clinic and a needle exchange.
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21st October 2009
Mixed reaction to drink-driving plan.The Irish Insurance Federation (IIF) today said it supported proposals by Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey to reduce drivers’ maximum permitted blood/alcohol content from 80mg to 50mg per 100mls.
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20th October 2009
HSE South to eliminate addiction waiting listsA major investment in addictions services involving additional methadone clinics in Cork City, Tralee, Waterford, Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny was announced this week by Pat Healy, the Regional Director of Operations, HSE South.
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20th October 2009
Launch of CityWides response to the Governments National Drugs Strategy.Speaking at the launch of CityWide’s response to the Government’s National Drugs Strategy, Daithi Doolan, Citywide Co-ordinator said, “It is now a fact that every city and town in Ireland is being affected by the ongoing drugs crisis yet this government sees fit to relegate responsibility for its own National Drug Strategy to that of a part-time job.
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19th October 2009
Helpline identifies drug trends.There were large increases in the numbers of inquiries about alcohol, cocaine, ecstasy and smoking heroin in Ireland in the second half of 2008, according to a European survey on identifying the emergence of new drugs and drug trends with the help of drug helplines.
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13th October 2009
Gardaí to be given powers to catch drug drivers.Gardai are to be given powers to help secure convictions for drug driving under a new Road Traffic Bill to be published shortly.
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12th October 2009
€3m drug rehab drive for Munster.Extra methadone clinics will be set up across Munster as part of a €3 million package announced yesterday to help heroin addicts.
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8th October 2009
Heroin has replaced cannabis as second highest treated drug in the south east.Heroin has replaced cannabis as the second highest treated drug in the south east, Health Service Executive figures show.
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