Drug services having to turn people away due to lack of funding

Cork LDATF chairman Aaron O’Connell said the problem with crack cocaine in Cork is 'not as acute' but is 'emerging more and more'. Picture: Getty

Frontline community drug services are having to turn vulnerable people away or ask them to come back a few weeks later due to a lack of funding.

They have said the services are now on "life support" and begged the Government to help them with funding.