Intimidation over drug debts on rise

Young men who owe money to drug dealers are still fleeing to England to avoid retribution, Fr Peter McVerry has said.

However, Fr McVerry, who runs the homeless organisation the Peter McVerry Trust in Dublin, said the families of indebted drug users are also being targeted.

“The threat to the person has increased rather than decreased,” he said. “It is only a small number of people that choose to go to England but to be honest they often come back pretty quickly.”