Call to include head shop ban in plan

A further tightening of planning regulations is being sought to halt the opening of head shops selling drugs paraphernalia.

A town councillor in Killarney, Co Kerry, claimed the “scourge of the head shops had been dampened” by the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010.

However, Fianna Fáil’s Tom Doherty insisted more drugs had been invented to replace banned products.