Community activists are warning that the closure of a vital drugs service in Dublin 15 could be the first of many due to savage cutbacks in funding.
The Greater Blanchardstown Response to Drugs (GBRD) is due to close next month after providing services in the Dublin 15 area for over 20 years.
The beginning of the end for the project came last December when Dublin North City and County Regional Drugs Task Force (RDTF) withdrew a substantial amount of its funding.
This, combined with the recent resignation for personal reasons of popular project Co-Ordinator Phillip Keegan, left the board of management with little option but to wind GBRD down.
Source: The Northside People, 30/04/2014