Irish Examiner view: Shining a light on Irish drug-trade growth

The management of illicit substances is a challenge for Ireland which is no less serious than tackling climate change

'Dublin Narcos' can make a useful contribution to the national drugs debate.

For contemporary historians, Sky TV’s three-part documentary 'Dublin Narcos' had much to commend it, with a clear exposition of the explosive growth of the drug trade, which shows Ireland in a way which more resembles a Latin American republic than a leading member of the EU.

Grainy archive footage carried some heart-aching scenes of early community attempts to ostracise heroin dealers establishing footholds in their neighbourhoods, carrying with them the dangers of vigilante violence, which can accompany loss of confidence in the police services.