Around one-in-17 men who have sex with men surveyed in Ireland report taking sexually enhancing drugs within the last year, according to a survey.

TALKING to drug gangs should be considered as part of an effort to protect families and communities from drug-related intimidation, a conference has heard.

COCAINE use has risen in recent weeks due to a chronic shortage of heroin, drug treatment services have said.

COMMUNITY leaders should consider talking to drug dealers who are terrorising residents of a Dublin flats complex, a local drug worker has suggested.