‘Red light’ warning over heroin spread

RED warning lights should be attached to a report highlighting the spread of heroin across the country, former prison governor John Lonergan has said.

The ex-Mountjoy chief said the country was “sleep walking” into a human catastrophe by failing to intervene in the “scourge”.

Mr Lonergan made the comments as he launched the 2009 annual review by Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI), which works with drug users, homeless people and prisoners.