Injection centre 'urgently' needed in Cork to address 35 drugs deaths per year

Campaigners have long called for an injection facility in Cork, similar to the facility in Dublin

The Government must "urgently" open an injection centre in Cork to address 35 drug-related deaths in the city each year.

It comes as an unpublished review of the country's only drug injection facility reveals a steady increase in the number of people accessing the service in Dublin, leading to a drop in drug-related litter, and a noticeable decline in street injecting.