# Drugs
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This week
21st July 2024 - 27th July 2024
Garda Inspectorate
Watchdog wants 'urgent' review of how drugs and cash seizures are stored in garda stations
22 Jul
14.9k
Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
operation tara
Man (50s) arrested in Dublin as Gardaí seize €8 million worth of drugs and €1 million in cash
20 Jul
38.3k
This month
July 2024
Crime
Man, 20s, arrested as Gardaí and Revenue seize €6.8 million worth of cannabis in Dublin
6 Jul
17.1k
Ballyfermot
Man to appear in court in connection to seizure of €380,000 worth of drugs in Dublin
4 Jul
5.5k
Last month
June 2024
Addiction
Drug policy is 'literally killing people' and Ireland should decriminalise use, committee hears
27 Jun
9.1k
Health Research Board
Record 13,104 cases treated for problem drug use amid jump in cocaine use, especially among women
25 Jun
8.7k
Courts
Limerick shopkeeper who used grocery business as front for cocaine mixing factory is jailed for six years
24 Jun
28.7k
Addiction
Senator on helping woman who was likely overdosing: 'No one wanted to help, it was really horrible'
Updated
20 Jun
18.9k
Dublin
Gardaí charge 14 people in connection with drugs and money laundering investigation
16 Jun
20.9k
Drugs
Strong warning issued after cluster of overdoses linked to yellow benzodiazepine tablets
14 Jun
43.5k
First meeting
More people will die if there are further delays to reforming drug approach, Paul Reid warns
Updated
13 Jun
7.8k
Courts
Uncut blocks of heroin from €305k drug seizure found ‘under paddling pool and in toy room’
8 Jun
17.1k
Trafficking
Revenue officers find €403,200 worth of cannabis in passenger's luggage in Dublin Airport
5 Jun
12.4k
May
May 2024
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Drug Testing
Potent drugs such as nitazenes could appear at Irish festivals this summer, HSE expert warns
Nitazine, a powerful synthetic opioid, caused dozens of overdoses in Dublin and Cork late last year.
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Órla Ryan
28 May
7.0k
RELATED
No heroin found among drugs used in recent overdose clusters in Dublin and Cork, HSE finds
4 Jan
Naloxone will be more widely available after helping save lives in recent overdose cases
3 Jan
A potent synthetic opioid was found in the heroin that caused overdoses, but what are nitazenes?
15 Nov 2023
Drugs
The HSE wants drug users to fill out survey to discover trends - and figure out harm reductions
22 May
9.6k
35
Drugs
Two men arrested after gardaí seize over €238,000 worth of cocaine and cash in south Dublin
17 May
13.5k
16
USA
'Failed approach': Biden proposes reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous drug
16 May
11.8k
82
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Voices
Opinion: Ozempic isn't the answer — we need to change our toxic food system
Dr Catherine Conlon
15 May
15.1k
63
The kingdom
Cannabis and cocaine are 'drugs of choice' in Kerry, policing committee hears
13 May
9.9k
April
April 2024
Courts
Gardaí seized €140,000 of cocaine during raid before half of it was 'inadvertently destroyed'
30 Apr
25.1k
Courts
'Fragile' man jailed for drug offence despite court being told he is not medically fit for prison
25 Apr
22.8k
Tipperary
Man charged after seizure of €125,000 worth of drugs used to control anxiety
Updated
25 Apr
13.8k
operation tara
Gardaí seize €125,000 in suspected drugs and arrested two men after searches in Donegal
19 Apr
10.4k
Dublin
More than €1.2 million worth of drugs and retail goods seized by Revenue last week
15 Apr
7.6k
5
loughglynn
Three men arrested as gardaí seize €700,000 worth of cannabis in Co Roscommon
9 Apr
12.5k
16
Drugs
Man charged and due in court over seizure of €135,000 of suspected cocaine and cannabis in Dublin
8 Apr
7.0k