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Saturday 1 October 2022
Two Tallaght support groups warned that they may have to shut their crack cocaine services down from New Year’s Eve.
The report details that the “onset of crack cocaine” has left its services “at breaking point”.
The number of women entering treatment for crack cocaine use has increased by almost 80% in two years.
The discovery was made after gardaí searched a property in Ballymun this morning.
The seizures were carried out at two public locations.
Gerard Cully pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to robbery of the taxi driver.
There have been reports of open dealing of the drug in other areas of the city and in some suburbs.
Crack-cocaine is on the increase, and the housing crisis means people are spending prolonged periods in precarious living situations.
Armed gardaí assisted in the raids earlier this morning.
There has been an increase in use of the drug since the start of last year.
Dealers began offering smaller, cheaper bags of the drug from last summer.
A 56-year-old man has been arrested.
Three people were arrested following the shooting.
Clinton’s dalliance with an intern now looks dull in comparison with the Toronto Mayor’s behaviour, but the dynamics of the two scandals have deeply polarised electorates in similar ways.
The mayor’s drug abuse was first revealed last year when an alleged drug dealer tried to sell another video of him smoking crack to the media.
The footage allegedly took place near Firhouse in the south of Dublin.
Ford is as much as 8 per cent ahead of his nearest rival in opinion polls, despite admitting to having smoked crack cocaine.
City councillors voted overwhelmingly to limit Ford’s powers after a series of new allegations and lewd remarks this week.
Mayor Rob Ford wants the video of him smoking crack released. “I want everyone in the city to see the tape… I want to see the state I was in”
“Crystal meth has ravaged whole communities in the US and the same is happening in Ireland,” said Fr Peter McVerry.
A crackdown on controlled drugs in west Dublin has seen 40 people arrested in three weeks.
Crack cocaine, ecstasy and a large quantity of cash were discovered when gardaí raided a house in Finglas last night.
The arrests and seizures are part of an ongoing operation focusing on drug dealers in the capital.
After 45 were arrested earlier this week in a major Garda drug bust, 20 will appear in courts in the Capital this morning.
45 people have been arrested in connection with the sale and supply of heroin and crack cocaine in the Dublin region.
A MASSIVE RALLY calling for a United Ireland will take place this afternoon at the Three Arena, with several high-profile figures in Irish politics set to engage on the issue, including Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald.
The continued push for Irish unity has come more to the fore recently, with Sinn Féin in particular continuing to press its case at home and abroad.
Meanwhile in the UK, Labour’s Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Kyle has said that he would be willing to call a border poll if the circumstances set out in the Good Friday Agreement were met.
With that in mind, today we want to know: Would you like to see a United Ireland within your lifetime?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Environmental campaigner Jamie Rohu says we must rethink our relationship with the natural world.
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