Una Mullally: We are past the warning sign phase when it comes to crack cocaine in Dublin
a “major public health crisis”. Crack cocaine dealing is highly visible in Dublin city centre. In Dublin’s suburbs, services are struggling with hiring and retaining staff and the lack of Garda presence on the ground. The latter is something Hill hears mentioned in almost every meeting she attends.
A south Dublin county partnership street youth work pilot was primarily funded by the Department of Community Development. When it comes to the vast spending across health, this is a pittance Hill said a broader focus should also be on the level of drug use more generally because people aren’t using crack cocaine in isolation and alcohol and heroin can also be a factor. Hill identified another aspect of how things have changed in communities since before the pandemic, “It’s tension. It’s the sense of tension in the communities.
In that same budget, the Government gave €17.6m to greyhound racing and upped that to €18.2m this year
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