Drugs Minister said mobile injecting centres are required to stem problem.
The Drugs Minister says these shocking images show exactly why Dublin needs mobile injecting centres as soon as possible.
Labour Cabinet member Aodhan O'Riordan, the capital's Lord Mayor and a drugs addiction service have rowed in behind the demand for the new clinics.
And the country's main tourism body had admitted that a solution is needed to stem the growing problem of drug-taking on the city's streets.
The Herald's distressing images show drug-users undressing in public to inject heroin into themselves in broad daylight, just metres from the city's main thoroughfare.
Three people prepare syringes full of illicit drugs in a doorway down Thomas Lane, just off O'Connell Street.
Drug-taking paraphernalia, including a roll of tinfoil, can also be seen in the pictures, which were captured in an alley adjacent to the landmark Gresham Hotel - one of the city's most iconic buildings.
Source: Laura Larkin and Alan O'Keeffe, Irish Independent, 07/09/2015
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