“You can almost dial for heroin in Cork now,” says Sinn Féin councillor Chris O’Leary.

A new drug crime hotline will take away the sense of powerlessness felt by people living in drug-affected areas in Dublin, it was claimed today.

UP TO €30 million will be given to disadvantaged groups annually from the Dormant Accounts Disbursement Plan, Junior Minister Noel Ahern revealed yesterday.