Irish Examiner view: Cork needs a safe injecting facility

People using hard drugs have been overpowered by an addiction so strong that they are completely oblivious to their surroundings

Needles on the street: Saturday's Irish Examiner, in print and online, includes reports about the prevalence of addiction in Cork City centre. Picture: Noel Sweeney

Readers of the Irish Examiner can read — in print and online — today’s in-depth reporting on Cork’s ongoing problems with open drug dealing and use on the city’s streets.

This is an issue which is not confined to Cork.