Aug 12, 2019 | Drug Testing
The latest drug craze to have made its way from the USA is being blamed for the rise of violence on Irish streets. The synthetic drug Flakka, also known as gravel or bath salts, is a novel psychoactive substance (NPS) that can be smoked, injected or snorted. Users are...
Aug 5, 2019 | Drug Testing
The first person to be convicted of drug-driving in Ireland is a terminally-ill man who has to take over 20 tablets a day. Alan Croghan, a liver transplant patient, suffers from a number of illnesses and has less than 5 years to live. His conviction includes a 4-year...
Jul 30, 2019 | DNA Testing
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Jul 22, 2019 | Alcohol Testing, Drug Testing
Ireland needs a temperance movement and should return to a state of abstinence around drug and alcohol use, said the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin. Dr Martin warned of the violence and criminality engulfing the streets of all major...
Jul 8, 2019 | Alcohol Testing
Worldwide alcohol consumption is on the increase and Ireland has one of the highest per capita consumption rates in Europe. According to a new modelling study in The Lancet, 84% of Irish adults drink alcohol, and this percentage is projected to increase by 2030. The...
Jun 25, 2019 | DNA Testing
Solicitors acting for a woman who was given back the wrong child after temporarily leaving her infant daughter in the care of nuns at the St Patrick’s Guild adoption society are expected to begin legal proceedings. Helen Maguire’s story emerged in the aftermath of...
Jun 19, 2019 | Alcohol Testing
A new survey has highlighted a worryingly high level of alcohol consumption among Irish teenagers. The main findings are: almost half (46%) admitted to being drunk more than once in their lifetime (compared with 34% in 2015)more than a quarter (26%) were intoxicated...
Jun 10, 2019 | Drug Testing
A survey of illegal drug across the world has found that 54% of Irish respondents want to use less cocaine next year, and of this number 14% want help to do so. This compares to a global average of 41.5% and 12.7% respectively. The Global Drug Survey (GDS2019) asked...
Jun 5, 2019 | Drug Testing
Garda Chief Superintendent Christy Mangan has highlighted Ireland’s massive issue with cocaine. He warned that it was far worse than the heroin epidemic ever was and that the country would lose a generation of young people if the drugs problem wasn’t tackled as a...
May 30, 2019 | Alcohol Testing
The target demographic for Dublin’s first booze-free bar is people who don’t want to consume alcohol but still want to have a good time, says Vaughan Yates. Together with his business partner Oisin Davis, Yates is opening The Virgin Mary on Capel Street. The stylish...
