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# spiking

This year

2023

'Worrying increase' in spiking incidents reported to gardaí as figures nearly double

The government will repeat its awareness campaign this year.

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Feb 17th 2023, 3:32 PM

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More than half of reported spiking incidents in 2021 allegedly involved needles

A person convicted of poisoning can be sentenced to up to three years in prison.

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Dec 15th 2021, 3:24 PM

'Relatively few' incidents of injection spiking, say emergency medicine doctors

There have been reports of injection spiking in Ireland and the UK in recent weeks.

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Nov 13th 2021, 2:17 PM

Police in Belfast city centre launch investigation into four alleged drink spikings

The PSNI has vowed to apprehend the criminals.

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Nov 6th 2021, 1:39 PM