Brendan Courtney one of only two to write in support of first drugs injection facility

An opposing submission from the local primary school St Audoen’s describes school staff and parents tryingto revive a woman who had overdosed on drugs on a green across from the junior playground.

TV personality, Brendan Courtney has emerged as one of only two members of the public to make a submission to An Bord Pleanála supporting the plan for the State’s first medically supervised injection facility (MSIF).

Last month, An Bord Pleanála gave the plan by Merchant’s Quay Ireland (MQI) the go-ahead for the MSIF at the organsation’s Riverbank building at Dublin 8.