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Drug taker
‘We’re seeing firearms, arson, attacks on homes’: The families in the eye of Ireland’s cocaine storm
With use in the country soaring among both young and older people, it is not just the drug that is devastating lives but the violence and abuse that surround it, writes Annie Kelly

Wed, 12 Jun, 2024

Growing cannabis or hemp plants for alternative medicine. Close up view of agronomist's hands checking plant quality.
Irish Examiner view: It's time to stop thinking of cannabis as a 'soft' drug
The HSE's Safer Nightlife initiative is certainly welcome — but we need to reject the fantasy that cannabis is harmless 

Thu, 30 May, 2024

Powder Drug Falling on Razor Blade and Syringes against Black Background
Gardaí help dismantle international drug operation led by the 'Wikipedia Narco'
Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau helped break up criminal gang's operation and seize tonnes of cocaine, and assets worth tens of millions of euro

Fri, 03 May, 2024

Gardaí probe link between West Cork raid and Danish drugs haul
Gardaí probe link between West Cork raid and Danish drugs haul
Gardaí do not rule out a link between a massive drugs find in Denmark and the apparent drug trafficking logistics operation which was broken up in Cork last week

Thu, 21 Mar, 2024

Romanian man appears in court in connection with €6.5m Rosslare drugs haul
Romanian man appears in court in connection with €6.5m Rosslare drugs haul
The court heard that the accused man said 'I'm sorry' when he was cautioned on each charge 

Sun, 18 Feb, 2024

Casual drug users are the 'driving force' of gangs and gun attacks
Casual drug users are the 'driving force' of gangs and gun attacks
Community activist Philip Jennings talks to Cormac O'Keeffe about the link after the Christmas Eve shooting

Sun, 14 Jan, 2024

Heroin is main drug found in syringes collected from drug projects
Heroin is main drug found in syringes collected from drug projects
National Drug Treatment Centre analysis in found seven categories of drugs in the syringes, involving a total of 26 different substances

Mon, 08 Jan, 2024

Sinn Fein launch alternative health budget
Cork TD warns that people are taking their own lives 'due to drug-debt intimidation'
Thomas Gould says he knows of three young men who died by suicide after being intimidated by drug dealers

Sat, 30 Dec, 2023

Five men arrested in connection with €21m Limerick cocaine seizure
Five men arrested in connection with €21m Limerick cocaine seizure
300kgs drugs were found aboard a Maltese-registered ship which arrived in Foynes earlier this week

Fri, 22 Dec, 2023

Class A drugs seized in South Armagh
Man to appear in court over significant seizure of class A drugs in south Armagh
It follows the seizure of a large quantity of suspected cocaine concealed within boxes containing frozen meat products discovered during a search of a lorry in the Jonesborough area on December 11

Tue, 19 Dec, 2023

Man, 30s, arrested as Kerry gardaí seize €87.5k of cocaine
Man, 30s, arrested as Kerry gardaí seize €87.5k of cocaine
The drugs were found during a search of a vehicle in Gortacrissane

Wed, 22 Nov, 2023

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Irish gangs involved in 'large-scale' cocaine trafficking from South America  
EU drugs agency said European gangs 'tend to pool their resources' in a network of co-operation, which investigators suspect is the case in the two-tonne importation intercepted off the Cork coast

Sat, 07 Oct, 2023

Cannabis research
Third-level survey shows 1 in 6 first years are current drug users
Students take drugs "for fun" - something that might not be "palatable", UCC student services chief says

Sat, 30 Sep, 2023

Spectacular cocaine seizure shows us the level that drug gangs operate on
Spectacular cocaine seizure shows us the level that drug gangs operate on
The MV Matthew cocaine bust off Ireland's south coast illustrates the sophisticated logistics and vast sums of cash involved in drug trafficking, writes Ann Murphy

Sat, 30 Sep, 2023

Letters to the Editor: Sinn Féin has well earned its place at the political table
Letters to the Editor: Sinn Féin has well earned its place at the political table
Two readers respond to a column about SF in government, while others write about topics including housing, political boycotts, and the recent cocaine seizure off the south coast

Sat, 30 Sep, 2023

Irish Examiner view: The bigger picture regarding drugs
Irish Examiner view: The bigger picture regarding drugs
Although welcome, the seizure of a record haul of cocaine off Ireland's south coast will have little effect on the drugs menace unless drug users change their behaviour

Fri, 29 Sep, 2023

People who 'snort a line' of cocaine are funding criminal gangs, says Harris
People who 'snort a line' of cocaine are funding criminal gangs, says Harris
Simon Harris says there has been a 'growing acceptance' in society in relation to what some people might call 'social drugs'

Wed, 27 Sep, 2023

Drug seizure worth €157m on ship off Cork coast the ‘largest in the history of the State’
Drug seizure worth €157m on ship off Cork coast the ‘largest in the history of the State’
Gardaí say over 2.2 tonnes of cocaine worth around €157m have been recovered from a cargo ship seized in a military operation off the Cork coast

Wed, 27 Sep, 2023

'Let’s go get my coke!': People descend on Wexford beach on cocaine hunt after ship seized
'Let’s go get my coke!': People descend on Wexford beach on cocaine hunt after ship seized
After the MV Matthew was seized, whispers rang around the coast that the ship's rumoured cargo — bales of cocaine worth millions of euro — had been dumped in the sea

Tue, 26 Sep, 2023

Smugglers burned cocaine as Army Rangers stormed ship
Smugglers burned cocaine as Army Rangers stormed ship
The action was taken after shots were fired by the LÉ William Butler Yeats across the bow of the bulk container

Tue, 26 Sep, 2023

Coronavirus - Fri Jun 19, 2020
Brendan Griffin calls on Varadkar to head up cross-governmental cocaine strategy
The Fine Gael TD said that there is a “normalisation” of cocaine use across the country which is leading to suffering

Tue, 26 Sep, 2023

HSE confirms 90 drug samples handed in to Electric Picnic surrender bins
HSE confirms 90 drug samples handed in to Electric Picnic surrender bins
It brings to almost 270 the total number of drug samples given over by users at the four music festivals where HSE has operated a drug-checking facility

Sun, 10 Sep, 2023

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15 Defence Forces members dismissed or facing dismissal after positive drug tests
Defence Forces conducted 1,015 individual drugs tests in 2022 resulting in 17 positives

Fri, 01 Sep, 2023

The Ciara Phelan Podcast: Use of cocaine in society is 'scary', says Rory’s Stories creator
The Ciara Phelan Podcast: Use of cocaine in society is 'scary', says Rory’s Stories creator
Rory O’Connor said he feels sorry for the justice minister who is dealing with a rise in violent attacks and an evident increase in drug use

 Listen | Sat, 26 Aug, 2023

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Spain seizes record 9.5 tonnes of cocaine
Drugs worth an estimated €2.5bn found hidden in crates of bananas in shipping container which had come from Ecuador to  southern Spanish port of Algeciras

Fri, 25 Aug, 2023

Packages of suspected cocaine recovered
Residents of coastal areas asked to be 'eyes and ears' of gardaí in spotting drug smugglers
Garda appeals to people to report unusual activities in their area

Tue, 15 Aug, 2023

Drug-debt enforcers 'terrorising families in every county'
Drug-debt enforcers 'terrorising families in every county'
Senior garda says people across every part of Irish society are being forced into sex work, forced to work as dealers, or forced to pay drug gangs hundreds of thousands of euro

Sun, 06 Aug, 2023

Two arrested as gardaí seize €1.63m worth of cocaine and cannabis in Dublin
Two arrested as gardaí seize €1.63m worth of cocaine and cannabis in Dublin
The drugs seized will now be sent for further analysis

Sun, 06 Aug, 2023

Three men arrested as cocaine worth up to €4.2m seized in Cork
Three men arrested as cocaine worth up to €4.2m seized in Cork
The arrests followed an intelligence operation between gardaí and Revenue Customs officers

Sat, 05 Aug, 2023

Revenue has seized 400kg of cocaine so far this year
Revenue has seized 400kg of cocaine so far this year
This year has witnessed a number of large-scale cocaine hauls, including 133kg in Rosslare Port on Wednesday, 163kg in Rosslare in July and 55kg in Ringaskiddy, Cork, last April

Fri, 04 Aug, 2023

€9.3m worth of cocaine seized at Rosslare port in second major haul in two months
€9.3m worth of cocaine seized at Rosslare port in second major haul in two months
It brings to €20m the value of cocaine seized at the port since July

Wed, 02 Aug, 2023

Five arrested as drugs worth €2.1m and a pair of pill-making machines seized by gardaí
Five arrested as drugs worth €2.1m and a pair of pill-making machines seized by gardaí
The garda operation targeted transnational organised crime

Sun, 16 Jul, 2023

Global drugs survey
Irish cocaine deaths rise more than 150% in three years, new figures show
Cocaine accounted for a third of all fatal overdoses in 2020, compared to 16% of deaths in 2017 and 8% in 2011

Sat, 24 Jun, 2023

Global drugs survey
HSE predicts six-fold rise in new cases of cocaine treatment by 2026
A further 2,503 new cases are predicted within the next few years, based on current trends

Sun, 18 Jun, 2023

EU report: Double whammy of high purity and new chemicals pose unknown risk to drug users
EU report: Double whammy of high purity and new chemicals pose unknown risk to drug users
Ireland has the highest usage rates for cocaine in the EU and second highest MDMA (ecstasy) rates

Fri, 16 Jun, 2023

Cocaine packets with Nazi flag printed on the outside seized in Peru
Cocaine packets with Nazi flag printed on the outside seized in Peru
Peruvian police have seized 58 one-kilo packages of cocaine bearing pictures of a Nazi flag on the outside.

Fri, 26 May, 2023

Supervised injection centre being considered to protect Cork City drug users
Supervised injection centre being considered to protect Cork City drug users
A medically supervised injection centre may be considered for Cork after a delegation from Cork City Council, the HSE and An Garda Síochána there.

Sun, 21 May, 2023

Italian police net two tons of cocaine found floating in sea
Italian police net two tons of cocaine found floating in sea
Italian police have scooped up two tons of cocaine, found wrapped in protective plastic and floating in the sea off eastern Sicily. The “catch” had an estimated street value of about 400 million euros (£354 million), authorities said on Monday.

Mon, 17 Apr, 2023

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Corkman, 62, caught with cocaine claimed to gardaí it was Panadol
Accused pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine at Cork District Court

Thu, 13 Apr, 2023

Alcohol stock
Alcohol main reason for drug helpline calls, followed by cocaine 
HSE Drugs and Alcohol Helpline saw 9% increase in contacts about alcohol and accounted for 45% of all contacts to the helpline

Wed, 08 Mar, 2023

Dublin Airport 7th July 2021
Airport worker jailed for role in €1m cocaine seizure
Dublin Airport cocaine plot was detected by customs officers who tracked a suitcase that arrived from São Paulo via Frankfurt

Fri, 24 Feb, 2023

Cocaine with street value of €295m found floating in ocean
Cocaine with street value of €295m found floating in ocean
It is thought to have been dropped there by an international drug-smuggling syndicate.

Wed, 08 Feb, 2023

Garda stock
Gardaí to take 'holistic approach' to drug use in Limerick
Limerick gardaí are to make “health referrals” for people in drug addiction as part of a new “holistic approach” to policing a surge of crack cocaine use in the city.

Wed, 08 Feb, 2023

A small pile of white powder on a dark surface
Finglas man facing drug-dealing charge ordered to stay out of Cork except for court hearings
The accused was remanded on bail on certain conditions

Fri, 20 Jan, 2023

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