Gardaí receive 25 reports of needle 'spiking' this year

An additional 21 cases which do not specify the method of spiking bring the total to 46 – an average of one every week to date in 2021

Reports of women being spiked with needles or syringes in bars and nightclubs were described as a “growing and worrying phenomenon” by Higher Education Minister Simon Harris earlier this month.

At least 25 incidents involving people being drugged or “spiked” with a needle have been reported to An Garda Síochána so far this year.

Reports of women being spiked with needles or syringes in bars and nightclubs were described as a “growing and worrying phenomenon” by Higher Education Minister Simon Harris earlier this month.