Drug injection centre needed for Cork city, policing committee hears 

It comes after crime statistics for the Cork City garda division show a rise in drug offences in the first eight months of the year

Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer said he is concerned that the state of the city's public realm, combined with dereliction and grottiness in some areas, has led to the “creeping in” of anti-social behaviour.

There have been direct appeals to Cork’s Oireachtas members to help secure a medically supervised drug-injecting facility in the city, with a warning that lives are depending on it.

The appeals were made by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Colm Kelleher, and the chief executive of Cork City Council, Ann Doherty, during a meeting of the Cork City Joint Policing Committee (JPC).