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# Drugs

This week
14th April 2024 - 19th April 2024
More than €1.2 million worth of drugs and retail goods seized by Revenue last week
15 Apr
7.5k
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Last week
7th April 2024 - 13th April 2024
Three men charged after seizure of €700,000 worth of cannabis in Co Roscommon
11 Apr
8.7k
Three men arrested as gardaí seize €700,000 worth of cannabis in Co Roscommon
9 Apr
12.4k
16
Man charged and due in court over seizure of €135,000 of suspected cocaine and cannabis in Dublin
8 Apr
6.9k
This month
April 2024
Gardaí seize €135,000 worth of drugs during Dublin search operation
6 Apr
9.2k
DHL worker charged over €3m drug seizure had 'central role in sophisticated operation', court told
6 Apr
28.3k
Three men appear in court after multiple drug seizures in Dublin this week
Updated 6 Apr
17.0k
Revenue officers seize over 13kg of cannabis found in luggage at Dublin Airport
5 Apr
13.5k
Gardaí seize 10 firearms and more than €5 million worth of drugs in Dublin raids
4 Apr
10.2k
Man arrested after €1.1 million worth of cannabis seized at Dublin Port
4 Apr
10.1k
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'Demons were following me': Call to make HHC illegal after users experience psychotic episodes
HHC, a semisynthetic cannabinoid derived from CBD, is widely available in Ireland.
There are growing concerns that HHC is triggering psychotic episodes in certain people
HHC vapes are widely available online, and in vape and CBD shops
"I was seeing and hearing things that weren't there. I was being followed around by demons," one man told us
Órla Ryan
4 Apr
20.1k
Last month
March 2024
Hungarian men charged with heroin smuggling at Airport now charged with organised crime offence
29 Mar
21.1k
A soldier has been arrested following the seizure of drugs and cash at a military base
28 Mar
23.0k
Items seized in Dundalk after over €4 million worth of cocaine found on Donegal beaches last year
28 Mar
14.8k
7
Sedatives, steroids, and erectile dysfunction meds among illegal drugs seized by HPRA
28 Mar
8.2k
12
Kerry businessman denied bail in €32m crystal meth haul case
26 Mar
48.1k
Gardaí found cannabis worth €3.2 million after stopping a vehicle on the M50 yesterday
21 Mar
20.5k
'Everyone knows drugs are sold and people are intimidated in areas affected by poverty'
The North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force has been reestablished amid a national conversation about our approach to drug use.
The task force has been set up at a time when service providers in Dublin are bracing themselves for an increase in opioid use
Areas in the north inner city have long been "traumatised" by poverty and addiction, Dr Austin O'Carroll told us
He said the availability of naloxone was vital in preventing deaths during a recent spike in overdoses in Dublin and Cork
Órla Ryan
17 Mar
13.1k
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Taoiseach expects Oireachtas committee on drug use to be up and running no later than April
13 Feb
Ireland has 'once in a generation' chance to decriminalise personal drug use, Paul Reid says
25 Jan
Naloxone will be more widely available after helping save lives in recent overdose cases
3 Jan
Naval divers deployed to search the seabed off West Cork for 'substantial' drugs haul
Updated 15 Mar
32.2k
Ten suspected members of organised crime group arrested in major West Cork garda operation
14 Mar
66.2k
Man charged after €720,000 worth of cannabis found in passenger's luggage at Dublin Airport
3 Mar
17.5k
February
February 2024
Paul Pogba banned from football for four years for doping
29 Feb
15.0k
Man arrested after gardaí seize ammunition and €190,000 worth of drugs in Co Kildare search
29 Feb
9.5k
11
Over €1.2 million worth of herbal cannabis seized in Dublin and Louth
28 Feb
8.1k
Ireland an 'affluent' target for international drug gangs, Drew Harris tells police conference
28 Feb
11.8k
22
Three men remanded in custody in connection with multi-million Blanchardstown drug seizure
25 Feb
16.6k
Man arrested and €180,000 in cash seized as part of operation on supply of drugs into prisons
Updated 24 Feb
14.8k
Two men appear in Kerry court charged in connection with €32.8 million drugs seizure
23 Feb
56.9k
Heavy garda presence as men appear in court in connection with €32.8 million drugs seizure
21 Feb
42.3k
€670k found in car as gardaí tipped off about man making cash withdrawals at several banks
21 Feb
69.1k
€32.8 million worth of synthetic drugs were seized at Cork Port this morning
Sources said the shipment may include crystal meth or drugs with similar stimulant effects.
Updated 16 Feb
60.4k
Taoiseach expects Oireachtas committee on drug use to be up and running no later than April
13 Feb
7.4k
31
€4.2 million worth of drugs seized during searches in Wicklow and Limerick
Updated 2 Feb
28.9k
January
January 2024
Bill to legalise personal cannabis use is 'just a tiny step in direction we need to go', Dáil hears
31 Jan
17.4k
23
Merchants Quay says it will take time for drug users to 'trust' new supervised injection centre
29 Jan
11.2k
14
Man arrested as gardaí seize €300,000 worth of heroin in Dublin apartment search
27 Jan
26.9k
Ireland has 'once in a generation' chance to decriminalise personal drug use, Paul Reid says
A special Oireachtas committee will be established to examine the Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendations, Drugs Minister Hildegarde Naughton confirmed.
The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use today published its final report
The document includes 36 recommendations to overhaul Ireland's drug policy and establish a more health-led approach
A special Oireachtas committee will be set up to examine the report and suggest new legislation
Órla Ryan
Updated 25 Jan
39.3k
280
Galway councillor and former TD Colm Keaveney accused of driving under the influence of cocaine
23 Jan
31.4k
Tony Duffin: Each fatal drug overdose is a preventable death
Tony Duffin
20 Jan
8.3k
44
Gardaí launch investigation into disappearance of seized drugs from garda station
It is understood that a quantity of cannabis, believed to be in the region of €100,000, went missing from a room in the station in recent days.
9 hrs ago
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