Medically supervised injecting facility ‘a leap of faith’ for local community

The aim of the new centre is to bring street level, and highly public, drug use into a safer and more dignified environment, according to Merchants Quay Ireland CEO Eddie Mullins

Merchants Quay Ireland CEO Eddie Mullins with Orla Condren in one of the bays of the new medically supervised injecting facility, which will be up and running in the coming days. The pilot has an initial lifespan of 18 months. Picture: Moya Nolan

It’s the only building in Ireland where you will have to show you have illegal drugs in order to get in.

Those with the drugs are breaking the law outside the building, but once they step inside — they are not.