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Friday 23 October 2020
The vast majority of submissions were against the facility.
The Minister for Health says that the government must and will shoulder its responsibilities in this area.
The Health Minister said he was delighted that Merchants Quay Ireland was appealing the council’s decision.
A note from city council planners said a detailed policing plan was also required for the site at Merchants Quay.
The new centre will be operated by Merchants Quay Ireland on Dublin’s south quays.
The organisation already provides a drop-in service, Night Cafe and other supports for people who are homeless.
A Dublin drug project worker on her recent visit to Vancouver’s injecting centre: “Almost everyone said to me they’d be dead without the place.”
The site shows that public injecting is still a major problem, a drug service worker said.
What’s the day-to-day experience like for people injecting drugs in the city?
Does the first supervised injecting centre need to be in the city centre? Some business owners say no.
Sydney doctor Marianne Jauncey was taken aback by the level of open injecting in Dublin this week.
Advocates and survivors of mother and baby homes have been outraged at the government’s handling of legislation passed in the Dáil last night.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
If you did, we want to know: Who won last night’s US election debate?
Poll Results:
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