Cork councillors to visit supervised injection centres in Lisbon on fact-finding mission

Councillors, gardaí, and HSE officials will visit the centres in Portugal to examine options for similar facilities in Cork

The delegation of HSE officials, gardaí, and councillors will inspect facilities that provide a safe way for drug users to inject heroin. Stock picture 

A multi-agency delegation from Cork City is set to visit supervised injection centres in Portugal next month on a fact-finding trip.

The delegation of five city councillors, gardaí, and HSE officials will visit two types of safe injecting facilities — a fixed-site supervised injecting facility and a mobile supervised injecting facility — which operate in Lisbon as part of what the chief executive of Cork City Council, Ann Doherty, described as ‘a learning site visit’.