Irish adults are split almost 50/50 on the question of decriminalising drugs for personal use, according to a national survey.

IRELAND’S drug-related deaths are the third highest amongst 30 European countries, the Irish Examiner reported yesterday.

Irish National Liberation Army member Dessie O’Hare – once known as The Border Fox – should be handed over to the authorities in the North if he is freed early from prison in Ireland, an Ulster Unionist said tonight.