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Drugs worth 260,000 euro found hidden in bag at Dublin Airport

A man has been arrested after 13.4 kilos of drugs were seized at Dublin Airport. The herbal cannabis worth an estimated 268,400 euro was found hidden in the baggage of a passenger who had arrived on a flight from Malaga, Spain. The search was ...

05 Apr 2024 at 21:05

National News

Man arrested after cocaine worth 3m euro seized in Dublin

A man has been arrested after cocaine valued at three million euro was seized in Dublin. A search was carried out at a residence in Clondalkin on Tuesday. The arrested man, in his 30s, is being detained at a Garda station in Dublin under ...

10 Jul 2024 at 08:49

National News

Huge quantity of drugs seized at Dublin Port

As part of an investigation targeting transnational organised crime groups, a joint operation was carried out by personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Revenue Customs Service yesterday, Wednesday, ...

25 Nov 2021 at 13:12

Politics

Limerick councillors call for media campaign against drugs

SUICIDE, accidental death and mental health problems are all consequences of our drugs culture, Independent councillor John Gilligan said this week. It also resulted in murder and mayhem on our streets, he argued when he called for an ...

27 May 2016 at 07:02

National News

Probationer garda helps seize cocaine worth 350,000 euro in Dublin

An estimated 350,000 euro worth of cocaine was seized in Dublin after a garda on probation noticed suspicious behaviour at a routine checkpoint. Several checkpoints were set up in the Dublin 2 and Dublin 8 areas on Tuesday to ...

12 Feb 2025 at 19:03

Crime and Courts

No injection centre on the horizon for Limerick until HSE carries out evaluation

THE DEVELOPMENT of a supervised injection centre to tackle Limerick’s addiction problem may not be on the cards until 2020 following a pilot programme in Dublin. The idea was mooted at a recent public meeting on drug ...

20 Sept 2018 at 17:19

Breaking News

Premier League side Everton set to put young Limerick men through their paces

LIMERICK City Drugs Education and Prevention Strategy has confirmed a new partnership with premier league side Everton FC. Following a successful seven-year partnership with Sunderland, DEPS have linked up with ...

02 Oct 2017 at 06:40

Sport

Convicted drug users to be banned from attending football matches

Fans convicted of taking, selling or in possession of Class A drugs at football matches will be issued with banning orders from next week. The use of such drugs, in particular cocaine, is seen by the UK’s ...

05 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Crime and Courts

Two men arrested after €110,000 cannabis herb seized in Bunratty

TWO men have been arrested after gardaí seized €110,000 worth of cannabis herb in Bunratty on Wednesday afternoon. The gardaí arrested the two men, aged 37 and 27, as part of an operation targeting the ...

17 Mar 2016 at 19:07

Crime and Courts

Councillor says that drug abuse in Limerick is ‘not just a cops problem’

The long term use of even low level drugs like cannabis can leave users with “scrambled brains” according to a former mayor of Limerick who has called for a collaborative approach to tackling drug ...

02 Apr 2018 at 19:00

National News

Drug cautions ‘clearly not working’ as cannabis possession charges top 17,000

A system that aims to reduce the number of people brought to court for possession of controlled drugs such as cannabis is “clearly not doing what it was meant to do”. Data released by the ...

23 Feb 2024 at 15:33

Sport

Wales boss Rob Page urges Red Wall fans to follow World Cup travel tips

Wales football manager Rob Page is urging Red Wall fans heading to Qatar for the World Cup to follow the UK Government’s travel tips. With only one month to go until Wales’s first Group ...

20 Oct 2022 at 13:21

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