A DRUG treatment programme in south Dublin city has seen a doubling in the number of clients being treated for crack cocaine addiction in the past year.

A LEADING drug project is reporting a sharp rise in crack cocaine use, with half of new cocaine clients taking the highly addictive drug.

A DRUG group said it will have to severely cut a planned project to combat drug use among children, some as young as 10, after it received half the funding it needed from the Government.