Simon Harris: 'Direct link' between snorting cocaine at the weekend and murder

'Those using drugs are helping to line the pockets of criminals who are inflicting misery across our country,' Simon Harris said.

There is a direct link between “snorting a line or taking a pill” at the weekend and murder, assault, and criminality the following week, Justice Minister Simon Harris has said.

Mr Harris made the comments in the Dáil on Thursday in response to Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith who asked if additional measures would be implemented both locally and nationally to deal with “what is an epidemic at the present time.”