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#740 Safe Injection Centre or State Sponsored Drug Den?
Niall takes your calls on the controversial decision by An Coimisiún Pleanála to grant permanent planning permission for Ireland’s first medically supervised drug injection facility at Merchant’s Quay in Dublin.
The centre, which first opened in December 2024 under a temporary licence, allows drug users to inject substances obtained elsewhere using sterile equipment under medical supervision. According to reports submitted as part of the planning process, more than 10,700 visits were made to the facility in just ten months, with staff responding to 179 non-fatal overdoses, many requiring…
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