Anna Quigley
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Community crime reduction model should be rolled out nationwide, report states
- Crime & Law
- November 22, 2020, 23:52
A pilot project which allows disadvantaged communities to collectively highlight issues of crime and anti-social behaviour should be rolled out nation(...)

Covid-19 cutting drug users and recovering addicts off from key supports
- Social Affairs
- April 1, 2020, 06:00
Derek (35) had been “stable, off heroin” for the past five months and was to start a residential detoxification programme next week. “I’d been worki(...)

Drug-related intimidation causing ‘havoc’ in Traveller community
- Social Affairs
- November 13, 2019, 20:39
Criminal intimidation within the Traveller community is causing “havoc” for an increasing numbers of Traveller families, a community worker has warned(...)

Gardaí have moved against feuding criminals in counties Louth and Dublin in a series of raids as one of the most senior officers in the force warned o(...)

Illegal drug use so common in Dublin, it is seen as ‘norm’ – study
- Irish News
- April 29, 2019, 22:14
Illegal drug use has become so common in Dublin that it is regarded as normal and not just the preserve of addicts, a new report states. The study do(...)

Press Council and Press Ombudsman have made it ‘easier to get redress’
- Social Affairs
- October 23, 2018, 18:18
Press Ombudsman Peter Feeney has upheld nine press complaints this year and, on average, receives 300 such complaints annually, he said on Tuesday. “A(...)

Almost 75% of drugs offences last year were ‘possession for personal use’
- Social Affairs
- June 24, 2018, 20:09
Almost three-quarters of recorded drugs offences last year were “possession for personal use”, using up resources better deployed helping drug-users a(...)

‘When I scored in a football match the other team shouted “junkie”’
- Social Affairs
- February 27, 2018, 16:59
Years after beating his heroin addiction, Martin scored in a football match in front of his young son. What should have been a moment of intense pride(...)

Dublin’s north inner city lives in fear of gangland feud
- Social Affairs
- May 26, 2016, 01:00
There have been other feuds, but there is a sense in Dublin’s north inner city that this, involving an assault on a much-liked local family, is differ(...)