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Drug-related deaths decline for most substances except for cocaine in latest figures
Cocaine was involved in one in three drug poisoning deaths in 2022.
Over a ten-year period, the rise in cocaine use has had a dramatic impact on death statistics.
Between 2013 and 2022, the number of deaths with cocaine implicated increased from 32 to 115.
The Morning Lead
FactCheck: Does the US really buy 80% of its imported butter from Ireland?
The figure was cited in a CNN article published last year.
ExplainerUK tightens loophole allowing Irish savers to get a pension on the cheap - here's what we know
Christmas is ComingAn Post has announced the deadlines for posting letters and parcels abroad for Christmas
On The JournalNew evidence
Charges against two teenagers accused of attempting to rape girl in Ballymena last June dropped
football coachMan arrested in Belfast after list of cocaine prices was sent to a youth league group chat
Dublin Airport
Gridlock in Dublin city as taxi drivers stage 'go-slow' protest over Uber fixed rate charges
More than 6,000 drivers in Ireland currently use the Uber app.
donbasAs negotiations to end to the war grind on, Ukraine's army is struggling to hold the front line
An Droichead ÓrgaDublin City Council signs contract for construction of 487 homes in new Inchicore development
NARWHALWhale carcass found on Donegal beach identified as Arctic species never before seen in Irish waters
ryan corneliusMEP Seán Kelly sends letter to UAE ruler pleading for release of man imprisoned in Dubai since 2008
Tramore
One person dead after light aircraft crash in Co Waterford
The person who died was the sole occupant of the aircraft.
Epstein files
Marjorie Taylor Greene is leading the Republicans publicly questioning Trump's MAGA bona fides
The pressure is beginning to tell, if Trump’s latest statements and attacks against Taylor Greene are anything to go by.
