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This year
2024
THE MORNING LEAD
'Everyone knows drugs are sold and people are intimidated in areas affected by poverty'
The North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force has been reestablished amid a national conversation about our approach to drug use.
The task force has been set up at a time when service providers in Dublin are bracing themselves for an increase in opioid use
Areas in the north inner city have long been "traumatised" by poverty and addiction, Dr Austin O'Carroll told us
He said the availability of naloxone was vital in preventing deaths during a recent spike in overdoses in Dublin and Cork
Ă“rla Ryan
17 Mar
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THE MORNING LEAD
Letters from locals over Dublin city centre laneway tell of open drug use and public sex
Councillors on Monday voted to close public access to the Harbour Court laneway in Dublin.
Letters from the public detail harrowing stories of open drug use, human excrement, stenches of urine and public sex.
The laneway has been the focus of local concerns for years.
One business owner said they have been dealing with issues in the laneway since the late 1980s.
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
10 Jan
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Last year
2023
Voices
Emma DeSouza: Want to stop the march of the far-right? Tackle inequality
Emma DeSouza
26 Nov 2023
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'It was a wonderful age': Capturing the stories of a long gone inner-city Dublin
3 Sep 2022
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Dublin Will Show You How
Intimidation, harassment and saddled with drug debt: The problems facing the most isolated women of Dublin's inner city
23 Mar 2019
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