Gardai have honed in on drug dealers operating in broad daylight on the streets of Dublin and detections for possessing drugs for sale or supply have more than trebled this year alone.
Business people have spoken out about the unacceptable level of drug taking they are encountering in the city environs.
And the figures reflect the reality - a total of 567 detections were made from January to August this year compared to 184 in the same period in 2013.
The new figures come as a Prime Time-focused special investigation looked at drug taking and other anti-social behaviour across the capital, particularly during the daytime.
Aggressive
The RTE team used secret cameras to record footage of people taking drugs openly and within metres of tourists and shoppers for last night's programme.
They also found evidence of aggressive begging which businesses say has bought the capital to a 'tipping point'.
Source: Claire Murphy, Irish Independent, 03/10/14
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