Injecting centre reports ‘off the mark’ say senior gardaí

Senior gardaí have described reports that they are opposed to government plans for a pilot drug injecting centre as “way off the mark”.

But sources did repeat previously articulated concerns regarding the policing of the new centre and the need for “legal clarity” on where drug possession is decriminalised and where it remains illegal.

Ireland is expected to have its first medically supervised injecting centre later this year in what is a major shift in government policy.