# Heroin

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# Drugs

Biggest addiction centre in the south of the country had 14,000 calls about treatment this year

A large number of women are also seeking treatment, a change from 25 years ago.

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Nov 28th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Drugs

Man charged over €750k of heroin found in car

The man will appear in court today.

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Nov 6th 2014, 9:34 AM

# Louth

Man to appear in court after €750,000 worth of heroin found in car

The discovery was made on Monday night,.

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Nov 5th 2014, 10:22 PM

# Search

€750,000 worth of heroin was found in a car in Louth last night

A 38-year-old man was arrested.

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Nov 4th 2014, 3:36 PM

# Court

Two men arrested after heroin found in Dublin inner city house raids

The men were charged and appeared before court but have been remanded on bail to appear again at a later date.

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Oct 25th 2014, 8:05 PM

# Seized

Did you have a smartphone stolen in Dublin recently? Gardaí just found 70 of them

There was also cannabis, cocaine and heroin found at the same property.

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Oct 17th 2014, 4:00 PM

# Not so sweet

Four-year-old hands out heroin at play school, thinking it's sweets

Thankfully, no children were harmed.

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Oct 7th 2014, 6:00 PM

# Drugs

Gardaí arrest nine in crackdown on Midlands heroin dealing

More arrests are expected as part of the operation.

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Sep 26th 2014, 5:45 PM

# Collateral Damage

Another look at how alcohol can be more dangerous than heroin

Alcohol can be more harmful to those around the user.

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Sep 20th 2014, 10:00 AM

# Organised Crime

Gardaí seize €700,000 worth of heroin and cannabis in Co Meath

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.

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Sep 19th 2014, 2:23 PM

# Search

Woman (55) to appear in court over heroin seizure in Ballyfermot house

She is due to appear at 10:30 tomorrow morning.

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Sep 4th 2014, 10:54 PM

# Drug Crime

€150,000 worth of heroin found at Dublin house

A woman in her 50s was arrested at the scene by gardaí yesterday evening.

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Sep 4th 2014, 8:57 AM

Voices

Opinion: Addiction is often boiled down to sound bites – but the truth is complex

We need to reflect on how addiction affects an individual, their experience of seeking help, and what the throes of addiction are like.

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Aug 31st 2014, 8:30 AM

# Drug Crime

Gardaí in Dublin arrest dozens on drug charges after six-month operation

Operation Tempest has made landfall…

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Aug 19th 2014, 11:25 PM

# Legal Highs

Deaths from 'legal highs' in UK could surpass those from heroin by 2016

A new report also proposes a ‘treatment tax’ on alcohol.

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Aug 18th 2014, 3:00 PM

# Drug use

Dublin Lord Mayor calls for task force to tackle inner city addiction problems

Christy Burke said that “certain senior politicians don’t see any votes in addiction, so they don’t see it as a priority”.

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Aug 10th 2014, 3:30 PM

# up in court

Man charged over Thurles heroin seizure

The man, aged in his 30s, appeared before a special sitting of Nenagh District Court.

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Jul 31st 2014, 9:44 PM

# custody

Woman arrested over heroin seizure is released

A man is still in custody after also being arrested.

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Jul 31st 2014, 8:48 AM

# Drugs

Man arrested after Tipperary heroin seizure

The man is being held at Thurles Garda Station.

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Jul 30th 2014, 9:04 AM

# Drug use

Over 1,000 people show up to anti-drugs meeting in Roscrea

The attendance accounts for 20% of the town.

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Jul 29th 2014, 8:31 AM

Voices

Opinion: The sudden death of a young woman is not any less tragic for her being an addict

Compassion for a fellow human being should not change just because a poor soul happened to be an addict.

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Jul 24th 2014, 1:00 PM

# Addiction

Was Peaches a heroin addict?: 'Yes'. Husband tells inquest Geldof was in drug treatment

Full inquest rules that the 25-year-old died of a heroin overdose.

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Jul 23rd 2014, 10:57 PM

# War On Drugs

US police saving people from overdoses with new heroin antidote

Police had been “literally standing by and watching someone die of a drug overdose”.

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Jul 19th 2014, 10:15 AM

# Drogheda

Man released without charge following €4m heroin seizure

Two other people arrested in connection with the haul appeared before court yesterday.

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Jun 29th 2014, 10:23 AM

# Drugs

Man and woman to appear in court in connection with €4m heroin seizure

The 27 kilos of heroin was discovered in a truck that was searched by gardaí on the M1.

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Jun 28th 2014, 4:05 PM

# Good dog

Ralph strikes again: Customs dog sniffs out €500k worth of heroin, ecstasy & cannabis

They would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for that pesky mutt…

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Jun 27th 2014, 11:47 AM

# National Drugs Unit

Truckload of drugs: Over €6mn of heroin and cocaine seized in Drogheda and Donnybrook

Five people are now in custody.

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Jun 27th 2014, 9:22 AM

# Athens

So how much heroin was found in Europe's largest-ever seizure of the drug?

The narcotics were discovered in Greece.

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Jun 22nd 2014, 8:35 PM

# in words

Peaches Geldof's last interview: 'Heroin is such a bleak drug.'

In the interview published by The Spectator, Geldof spoke about people’s preconceived ideas of her.

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Jun 20th 2014, 2:12 PM

# Overdoses

Estonia has the highest number of drug deaths in Europe. But why?

Estonia with a population of just 1.2 million, has 191 per million drug deaths per population.

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Jun 2nd 2014, 8:15 AM

# Drug use

Ireland is the third highest for drug-induced deaths in Europe

The European Drug report also finds that over a quarter of the general population has tried cannabis.

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May 27th 2014, 12:38 PM

# War On Drugs

Fireworks, mobile phones and three types of drugs seized in Dublin

Gardaí said the house they searched was unoccupied at the time and no arrests were made.

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May 14th 2014, 9:50 AM

# break-ins

Peaches Geldof's home burgled twice since her death

The last burglary, in which no personal items were stolen, happened on Friday 9 May.

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May 13th 2014, 8:28 AM

# Dublin

Man charged following massive heroin seizure

Six kilos of the drug, worth an estimated €900,000, were seized at a premises in Newcastle, Co Dublin.

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May 8th 2014, 6:43 AM

# Drugs Busts

Cocaine and heroin involved in majority of serious drugs cases before courts

An overwhelming majority (93 per cent) of offenders were men.

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May 5th 2014, 1:00 PM

# Inquest

Heroin use 'likely' to have been involved in death of Peaches Geldof

A short inquest hearing was held today head of a full investigation in July.

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May 1st 2014, 11:11 PM

# RIP

Peaches' death was "tragic parallel" of her mother's overdose

The daughter of Bob Geldof was found dead at her home in Kent last month.

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May 1st 2014, 8:05 AM

# Drugs

Photo: Here's what €170 million worth of heroin looks like

It was the biggest ever haul of heroin ever seized at sea.

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Apr 25th 2014, 10:10 PM

# Addiction

Former UK drugs advisor to speak at"dream drug" heroin treatment centre

Professor David Nutt says naltrexone can allow heroin addicts “live a normal life”.

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Apr 23rd 2014, 7:00 AM

# drug users

Ireland has 9,615 methadone users but care plans needed to get them drug-free

The HSE said that 500 people were on methadone for more than 10 years.

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Apr 22nd 2014, 7:15 AM