Pupils at a Dublin city centre primary school say they can see drug users injecting themselves from their classroom window.

"One person a day in Ireland dies from a drug overdose."

"You want to get people off drugs there needs to be rehabilitation, is there rehabilitation in Ireland at the moment? Is it sufficient? No."

The HSE is to increase the number of needle bins in Cork city centre to reduce the volume of used drug paraphernalia discarded in the city.

A survey of European seizures of cannabis resin shows its potency has increased significantly in the decade from 2006 to 2016.

Bono and The Edge's Clarence Hotel has voiced their opposition to a planned injecting centre in Dublin city.

The planned new State-funded injecting centre for chronic heroin and cocaine addicts in Dublin’s inner city is to cater for around 60 addicts each day and is to open at 6.30 each morning.

Having lost consciousness for seven hours after taking a massive hit of heroin, Ger Lynch eventually woke up on a cold bathroom floor.

Any decision in Ireland to decriminalise the possession of drugs for personal use should include provisions to protect the system from being abused by dealers, according to a new report.

A supervised injection centre may facilitate users of crack and cocaine as well as those who take heroin.

Cocaine users are being urged to take a “small test dose” and not to consume any more for at least two hours under a new State-backed awareness campaign.

Homeless and drugs charity Merchants Quay Ireland has formally backed the decriminalisation of personal possession of drugs.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has made an early case for decriminalising the possession of drugs just as a high-level expert group is tasked with examining the issue.

Countries such as Ireland that plan to introduce drug consumption rooms are obliged to ensure they comply with international drug laws, the world’s narcotics watchdog has warned.

Almost 10,000 people received specialist treatment for drug, alcohol and other substance abuse problems in the first three months of the year — including 18 children and teens.

Two young mothers in Co Louth were out of danger last night after consuming cannabis, initially thought to have been contaminated.

Two mothers who suffered severe drug-induced reactions were last night out of danger and talking with their families.

A deadly new drug, dubbed “cocaine of the poor”, which burns the internal organs of users and has a cheap street value, has alarmed health authorities in Greece.

Drug addicts seeking help at one treatment centre are mostly in their 30s and more than half are from outside the capital, it was revealed at a celebration to mark 40 years of helping people rebuild their lives after drug addiction.