Drug conference: gang violence could spread across Ireland in five years
Conference hears drug problem is much worse than suggested in the media, with families being threatened and attacked because of debts to drug dealers.
View ArticleColumn: The war on drugs isn’t working. We need to medicalise heroin.
Heroin addiction is behind much of the criminality in this country – and failing to do something about it will not make the problem go away, writes Senator John Crown.
View ArticleMan arrested in Dublin inner city over sale of cocaine
Gardaí also seized cocaine worth an estimated €105,000 as part of the operation.
View ArticleColumn: Drug crime can’t be broken down simply into a battle of ‘good’ versus...
The link between educational underachievement, literacy, social empowerment and a drugs and crime culture is real and also extremely complex, says Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.
View ArticleMan arrested in wooded area over €228k cannabis find
Gardaí said the search yesterday was part of an ongoing operation in Cork.
View ArticleWoman arrested following seizure of heroin and cannabis worth €13,000
The 29-year-old was arrested at the scene of the planned search.
View ArticleThree arrested over €1 million cannabis, cocaine and heroin hauls
One man has already been charged and the other two are remain in garda custody today.
View Article21-year-old arrested in Tallaght over heroin seizure
The quantity of heroin seized has a street value of about €112,500.
View ArticleGardaí seize drugs, stolen cars and a gun in south Dublin
Two men were arrested and have since been released.
View ArticleTwo due in court over €1.5m cannabis haul
The two men were arrested yesterday by gardaí targeting a criminal gang based in Tallaght, south Dublin.
View ArticleFour in Kilkenny court over cocaine and cannabis seizure
The four men in their 20s were arrested after gardaí carried out searches in six locations across the country yesterday.
View ArticleFireworks, 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.
View ArticleGangster ‘Fat Freddie’ arrested at Dublin Airport
Thompson appeared in court this afternoon and a hearing has been set for next week.
View ArticleThis is what €850,000 worth of tobacco and 60 litres of un-distilled alcohol...
Gardaí said no arrests have been made at this time in connection with the search and seizure at a premises in Louth this morning.
View ArticleOver 80 per cent of drug seizures in Europe are for cannabis
A Europe-wide study founf that Ireland, relative to other countries, has a small number of drug seizures each year – between one and ten thousand a year.
View Article€300,000 worth of cannabis plants seized in Leitrim
A 43-year-old man has been arrested and is being held at Carrick-on-Shannon Garda Station.
View ArticleFive arrested over €80,000 heroin seizure in Dublin
The seizure was made after searches at two premises in Dublin’s city centre today.
View ArticleGardaí in Dublin arrest dozens on drug charges after six-month operation
Operation Tempest has made landfall…
View ArticleMore than 20 appear in court on drug charges connected with Operation Tempest
One was denied free legal aid after the court heard her next hearing clashed with a planned holiday in Lanzarote.
View Article€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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