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# Heroin

January
January 2024
Man arrested as gardaí seize €300,000 worth of heroin in Dublin apartment search
Revenue sees 'significant' rise in Irish cocaine seizures while Europe shifts focus in heroin trade
Ireland has 'once in a generation' chance to decriminalise personal drug use, Paul Reid says
A special Oireachtas committee will be established to examine the Citizens’ Assembly’s recommendations, Drugs Minister Hildegarde Naughton confirmed.
The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use today published its final report
The document includes 36 recommendations to overhaul Ireland's drug policy and establish a more health-led approach
A special Oireachtas committee will be set up to examine the report and suggest new legislation
Tony Duffin: Each fatal drug overdose is a preventable death
Man arrested after gardaí discover €236,600 worth of heroin in Dublin and Meath
No heroin found among drugs used in recent overdose clusters in Dublin and Cork, HSE finds
Naloxone will be more widely available after helping save lives in recent overdose cases
Last year
2023
Drugs at centre of recent Dublin overdose cluster purchased 'across one strip of the city'
Number of overdoses linked to synthetic opioid nitazene in Cork city rises to 13
HSE warns of 'extra risk' to drug users after eight overdoses in Cork in the last 36 hours
Two men remanded in custody over €8 million heroin seizure after plane intercepted
Irish society 'hates heroin users': Former minister hits out at drugs policy
A potent synthetic opioid was found in the heroin that caused overdoses, but what are nitazenes?
At least 40 people in Dublin overdose on 'very potent' heroin batch as HSE issues fresh warning
HSE issues warning after cluster of heroin overdoses in Dublin city today
Ireland 'needs to be ready' for increase in fentanyl use amid expected heroin shortage
Decriminalisation on the ground: Inside a drug consumption room in Lisbon
FactFind: What is the relationship between social inequality, drug use and drug-related harms?
Man jailed for five years after suitcase containing €1 million of drugs found in his home
Two men due in court after €70k worth of heroin and crack cocaine seized in Cork
All time
Two people arrested after gardaí seize over €1 million worth of heroin and cocaine
Syringe analysis shows increase in methamphetamine use and cocaine-heroin mixture
Woman jailed for 18 months for stealing from elderly lady she cared for during lockdown
Cocaine and heroin valued at €1.3 million seized at Rosslare Europort
Man charged in relation to €1.4 million drug seizures in Clare and Limerick
Man (40s) charged after €1.34 million heroin seizure in Limerick
Suspected heroin worth €700,000 seized and man (60s) arrested in Clare
Two men arrested after gardaí seize heroin worth €70,000 and firearms in Tallaght
Man charged after gun and €2,000 worth of heroin seized in Dublin
'Crack cocaine and heroin sales are astronomical': Oliver Bond residents 'living in fear'
Oregon becomes first US state to decriminalise hard drugs
Two men arrested over €3 million heroin seizure charged and to appear in court
Two men appear in court charged after Cork heroin seizure worth €425,000
'Addiction doesn't stop during a pandemic, it gets worse': Methadone waiting lists virtually eliminated amid overdose fears
'It sucks the soul out of you, it's worse than heroin': One woman's story of G addiction
Man arrested and €53,000 worth of suspected heroin seized in Cork
Cork man who overcame years of heroin addiction graduating with criminology Masters
Man arrested after gardaí seized €140k worth of heroin during stop and search operation
'We're replacing one addiction with another': Number of people accessing methadone up 600% in some counties
Just one person was handed the minimum 10-year sentence for possessing €13k of drugs last year