Aug 13, 2018 | Alcohol Testing
Despite taking more than 30 hours to pass through the Dáil amid chaotic scenes and accusations of filibustering which were levelled at TDs in the Rural Independent grouping, the Road Traffic Amendment bill will now go to President Michael D. Higgins for consideration....
Jul 30, 2018 | Drug Testing
An upward trend in cocaine use and cocaine-associated deaths has spurred a new campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of using cocaine (powder and crack), and how to reduce the harms associated with snorting, smoking or injecting the drug. Developed by the Ana...
Jul 25, 2018 | Drug Testing
A total of 76 newborn babies with drug addiction withdrawal symptoms were recorded last year in Ireland. Half of these discharges were from Dublin hospitals. There are currently three drug liaison midwives within the Dublin area, attached to each of the maternity...
Jul 19, 2018 | Alcohol Testing
A proposal for a specific warning on packaging to highlight the link between cancer and alcohol has gone to the European Commission and it has raised no objection. An Oireachtas Committee has been told that the Government intends to include these warnings on both...
Jul 11, 2018 | Drug Testing
This week, 2 kg of cannabis-infused jelly sweets together with 50 g of herbal cannabis were discovered in a parcel at Portlaoise Mail Centre, Co Laois. The parcel, declared as beauty products, originated in the USA and was destined for Dublin city. It was discovered...
Jul 3, 2018 | DNA Testing
The daughter of notorious US serial killer Michael ‘Bear’ Carson has offered her DNA to gardai in a bid to help solve cold case murders. Michael Carson and his second wife Suzan were convicted in 1984 of three brutal murders in Northern California....
Jun 19, 2018 | Drug Testing
The latest European Drug Report has highlighted a worrying trend in drug use among young adults in Ireland. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) report looks at trends in drugs use, supply, prevention, enforcement and healthcare...
Jun 13, 2018 | Drug Testing
A coroner has warned drug mules that they are playing Russian roulette after a Brazilian man suffered a painful death when one of the cocaine pellets he had ingested burst on a flight from Lisbon to Dublin. The 24-year-old was reported to be carrying 1 kg of cocaine...
May 29, 2018 | Drug Testing
Rates of substance misuse, psychosis and homelessness are significantly higher among Irish prisoners than among the general population. According to researchers at the University of Limerick, half of the prison population have an alcohol or drug disorder. The...
May 24, 2018 | Company News, DNA Testing
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