# Heroin

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# Organised Crime

Gardaí seize drugs worth €285,000 and €100,000 in cash in Meath

Heroin, crack cocaine and a submachine gun were found during searches today and yesterday.

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Mar 15th 2017, 7:12 PM

# Organised Crime

Heroin and crack cocaine worth €60,000, plus €50,000 in cash, seized in Meath

Two men have been arrested.

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Mar 14th 2017, 9:06 PM

# Operation Thor

Gardaí seize €850,000 worth of heroin and cocaine in Tipperary drugs raid

A man was arrested and is currently being questioned.

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Mar 8th 2017, 7:37 PM

# lifted

Kinahan cartel member's girlfriend arrested after gardaí seize loaded revolver in Dublin

A woman in her late 30s is currently being questioned.

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Feb 24th 2017, 1:30 PM

# Courts

Man jailed for 11 months for breaking into his sister's home

Alan Fagan stole a black Samsung tablet worth €400.

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Feb 19th 2017, 7:00 AM

# factcheck

FactCheck: How many detox beds are there in Ireland?

In three parts, FactCheck referees an argument between a Minister of State and a Dublin City Councillor over supervised injection centres. Tonight – Part One.

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Feb 18th 2017, 12:18 AM

# Courts

Drug addict went “off the wall” robbing shops two weeks after release from prison

Laurence Bryan was drug-free on his release from prison but relapsed following a family argument.

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Feb 10th 2017, 6:20 AM

# Crumlin

27-year-old man charged in connection with €500k heroin seizure

During the search of a house, gardaí also seized bagging equipment, weighing scales, documents and mobile phones.

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Feb 7th 2017, 11:40 AM

# Drugs Bust

Three men arrested and €300k worth of heroin seized in Ballyfermot

Two of the men remain in custody, while another has been released.

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Dec 20th 2016, 1:56 PM

# Clondalkin

Gardaí seize MDMA and heroin worth €1.1m in Dublin

Four men, ranging in age from their 30s to 60s, were arrested.

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Dec 1st 2016, 7:00 PM

# Injection centres

'It's not about NIMBY-ism, we just want a debate on injection centres'

Plans for a bill that will establish a pilot injecting room are at an advanced stage.

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Nov 30th 2016, 6:04 AM

# Tallaght

Man in his 40s arrested after heroin, cocaine and €80,000 in cash found in house

The drugs had an estimated value of €200,000.

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Nov 7th 2016, 3:45 PM

# mixing agents

From 0.03% to 91%: Just how pure are the illegal drugs sold in Ireland?

New analysis of garda seizures show that taking street drugs can be “a game of chance”.

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Oct 27th 2016, 3:36 PM

# Dublin

Ambulance called as man in 'distress' after being sentenced for transporting €400k of heroin

The man’s one-year-old daughter was in the car at the time of the offence.

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Oct 13th 2016, 6:15 AM

# Galway

'I overdosed twice in two days to get methadone': A drug user on trying to get clean

The practice is said to be becoming more common among addicts.

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Oct 8th 2016, 6:10 AM

# Drugs

Gardaí in Dublin seize €150,000 worth of heroin

A man and a woman were arrested on James’ Street earlier today.

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Sep 20th 2016, 8:56 PM

# Courts

Court wants to know if 14-year-old found with heroin was dealing or being used by gang to clear debt

Judge John O’Connor described the case as a horror.

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Sep 8th 2016, 6:20 AM

# Lucan

Woman in her late 40s arrested after bag of heroin seized in raid

The heroin had an estimated value of €150,000.

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Sep 7th 2016, 12:06 PM

# Naloxone

'The whole thing took five minutes': Young woman talks about saving the life of a heroin addict

Melanie Froud has worked with homeless shelters for the past nine years, but it was only last October that she was able to save someone’s life, with a new overdose drug.

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Sep 1st 2016, 6:05 AM

# Naloxone

A new heroin overdose drug has saved five lives under a HSE pilot programme

Ireland has the third-highest rate of deaths from overdose in Europe.

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Aug 31st 2016, 2:57 PM

# fentanyl

Warning about 'designer drug' after spate of overdoses in Cork and Dublin

The HSE believes a more potent drug is being sold as heroin.

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Jul 28th 2016, 6:48 PM

# Courts

Father of three caught hiding heroin-filled football given four years

Paul Dempsey had developed a gambling addiction and relapsed into heroin use shortly before being caught with the drugs.

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Jul 20th 2016, 5:48 PM

# Operation Thistle

€1.4m-worth of heroin seized in Dublin city

One man in his 30s was arrested.

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Jun 2nd 2016, 12:31 PM

# pill report

Drug use: People in all kinds of venues taking ecstasy - not just dance clubs

A new report from the EU looks at drug use across the continent.

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May 31st 2016, 3:15 PM

This tiny implant could be the key to overcoming heroin addiction

The tiny implant is called Probuphine and could address some of the hardest parts of treating addiction.

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May 28th 2016, 11:15 AM

# Coultry Park

Teenager arrested with three kilos of heroin in his backpack

The drugs have an estimated street value of €420,000.

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Apr 28th 2016, 7:39 PM

# Dublin City

'Major concern' as two men die of suspected overdoses within days of each other

It’s understood the body of one man lay undiscovered for several days.

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Apr 18th 2016, 7:19 PM

# Dolphin's Barn

Three people arrested after €55k of heroin is seized in late night search

Two flats in the Dolphin’s Barn area were searched last night.

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Mar 23rd 2016, 10:22 PM

# Clondalkin

Gardaí seize €500k worth of heroin and cocaine in operation targeting gangs

A 24-year-old man was arrested during a seizure at a Dublin house.

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Feb 17th 2016, 12:09 PM

# Dublin

Heroin worth €840,000 seized after tip-off about suspicious activity

Suspicious activity was reported in the Limekiln Lane area of Dublin.

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Feb 6th 2016, 7:01 PM

# Arrests

Gardaí have seized €400k worth of heroin

Detectives were investigating drug trafficking in the midlands.

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Jan 9th 2016, 12:56 PM

# Drugs

Four people released after heroin and gun seizure in Dublin

Gardaí discovered heroin with a street value of €3,000, a handgun and ammunition.

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Jan 3rd 2016, 7:39 PM

# Limerick

Two arrested after €50,000 worth of heroin found in house raid

The two men can be questioned for up to a week.

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Dec 16th 2015, 7:33 AM

# medically-supervised

Dublin will be getting its first drug injection centre within 18 months

There were 86 poisoning deaths in 2013 where heroin was involved.

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Dec 15th 2015, 7:45 PM

# christmas crackdown

Two men charged after massive drugs raid in two counties

The two men, who were arrested in Kildare, appeared before Blanchardstown District Court this morning.

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Dec 11th 2015, 12:40 PM

# Courts

Man who defecated in Garda interview room sentenced to 16 months

Alan Stone committed the act in the middle of his interview for stealing Fairy Liquid tablets.

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Nov 18th 2015, 5:16 PM

# Merchants Quay

"There are people dying injecting themselves. I had to get the injection that brings you back to life"

At the Merchants Quay Night Café, staff and clients talk about injection centres

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Nov 7th 2015, 9:00 PM

# portuguese model

Most men think decriminalising drugs is a good idea - but women aren't so sure

The government is considering decriminalising the possession of a small amount of drugs like heroin, cannabis and cocaine.

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Nov 5th 2015, 6:00 AM

# Drug Crime

Photos: The €3 million worth of drugs and guns seized in Tallaght

Two rifles and a shotgun with a silencer and telescopic sights were also found in the seizure.

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Oct 30th 2015, 7:14 AM

# rutland

How America's 'heroin city' is turning itself around

“I really think people are starting to understand that this is a crisis, a health crisis, and it needs to be treated as such; it’s not just a moral failing.”

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Oct 17th 2015, 8:30 PM