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WATCH: 'Drug dealers are giving two fingers to everybody' — TD hits out at Limerick drugs crisis

THE SCOURGE of the city’s drugs problem was laid bare in Dail Eireann as a Limerick TD described one estate as a “non-stop 24-7 supermarket” for dealing. Sinn Fein TD Maurice Quinlivan addressed the issue of crack cocaine’s prevalence in Limerick to ...

05 Oct 2020 at 17:58

Breaking News

Man arrested after drugs squad seize over €30,000 worth of suspected cannabis at Limerick house

GARDAI have arrested a man in his 50s after the drugs squad seized more than €30,000 worth of suspected cannabis at a house in County Limerick. The divisional drugs unit and the armed support unit carried out the search at a house in Abbeyfeale, ...

03 Sept 2020 at 10:22

Crime and Courts

Limerick father of four was selling drugs to make cash for Christmas

A FATHER-of-four who was selling drugs to make money for Christmas has been warned he will go to prison if he reoffends. Patrick McCarthy, aged 29, of O’Malley Park, Southill had pleaded guilty to possession of a significant quantity of drugs ...

02 Dec 2018 at 19:00

Crime and Courts

Limerick man bought cannabis ‘in bulk’ to supply friends, court hears

A LIMERICK man who admitted buying cannabis “in bulk” to share with a small group of friends has avoided an immediate prison sentence. Stephen Mahon, aged 25, who has an address at Fisherman’s Quay, Grove Island pleaded guilty to possession ...

26 Nov 2018 at 22:00

Crime and Courts

Limerick's cocaine crisis: 'Classless' drug spreads across county

This is Part One of the Leader's special feature on Limerick's cocaine crisis A COUNTY Limerick publican can hardly go a night without having to wipe the tops of the toilet cisterns in his bar to remove the cocaine which has spilled ...

21 Jun 2019 at 22:14

Crime and Courts

Convicted Limerick drug dealer awaits decision in appeal for early release

A CONVICTED drug dealer, who imported €80,000 worth of cannabis from Spain to County Limerick, will have to wait two weeks before a judge makes a decision on an application for his early release. Patrick Scanlon, aged 58, ...

04 Oct 2018 at 06:00

Local News

'I never thought anything could control me like a piece of powder': Limerick drug survivor speaks

GER LYNCH was just 18 when he got his first taste of heroin. Surrounded by friends in O’Malley Park, each falling into the same trap, oblivious to the insidious destruction of addiction. For Ger, 2004 was a different and ...

15 Sept 2018 at 19:00

Local News

Experts unite to tackle heroin scourge in Limerick as paramedics react to 500 overdoses

PARAMEDICS and ambulance service personnel have been called to the scene of over 500 heroin overdoses in Limerick since 2016, the Leader can reveal. In 2016, there were 268 incidents of opioid overdose that required ...

17 Sept 2018 at 06:02

Crime and Courts

Limerick gardai seize €330k worth of heroin in bid to weed out criminal underworld

GARDAI have arrested almost 100 drug dealers and seized more than €330,000 worth of heroin in their long-running campaign to root out the criminal underworld in recent years. Exclusive figures received by the ...

16 Sept 2018 at 22:00

Crime and Courts

Limerick garda chief says evidence needed to prosecute drugs offenders amid cocaine claims

THE head of the Limerick garda division says gardai require evidence to prosecute drugs suspects even if the “dogs on the street” know who they are. Chief Supt Gerard Roche was responding to claims that ...

28 Sept 2018 at 06:01

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 ...

20 Sept 2018 at 17:19

Health

Policy prevented Limerick worker from administering life-saving drug to addicts

A DRUG project worker was unable to administer a life-saving medicine to two addicts suffering a heroin overdose in Limerick city because Ireland’s “narrow law” prohibits non-drug users from carrying ...

10 Sept 2018 at 22:00

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