A drugs taskforce met in Cork yesterday to discuss how best to tackle the city’s growing heroin crisis which saw a little boy jabbed by an addict’s needle he found discarded in his school yard.
Senior gardaí moved last night to reassure the public that drug squad officers have been active for some time in the area around the North Presentation primary school on the city’s northside where the incident occurred on Wednesday.
But anxious parents, who took it upon themselves to monitor activity in the laneways around the school yesterday morning, claimed they witnessed up to 30 drug deals.
Supt Tom Myers said the jabbing was a serious incident and stressed that the Garda drug squad has been active in the area in recent weeks.
“We need credible evidence and I would encourage the public to come forward with information and appropriate action will be taken,” he said.
His comments came as gardaí, HSE, and city council officials met as part of the Cork Local Drugs Taskforce to discuss the situation.
Chief Supt Mick Finn said gardaí are taking the jabbing incident very seriously.
“It is a serious development. We are working with the HSE and Cork City Council to discuss what steps must be taken to tackle this issue before it escalates in to a more serious issue,” he said.
Source: Eoin English, Irish Examiner, 06/06/14
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