Children, aged 7, arriving at school under the influence of drugs, Oireachtas committee told

TD says young pupils are being 'groomed' and used as 'drug mules'

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan said that such actions were 'child abuse'. File picture

Children as young as seven are arriving at school under the influence of drugs, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Fine Gael TD for Louth, Paula Butterly, told the justice committee that schools in Drogheda had told her of incidents involving so-called “drug mules”.