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Assistant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy said young criminals were now vying for position in Dublin’s drugs trade as they competed to replace Kinahan cartel members who have been jailed or fled the Republic. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Gardaí warn of generational shift in gangs as violence worsens

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(...)

A researcher on the report said opportunities must be created for young people that take them away from drugs. File photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters
Illegal drug use so common in Dublin, it is seen as ‘norm’ – study

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(...)

Sinead Burke, writer and campaigner, addressing a seminar organised by the Press Council of Ireland, and the Office of the Press Ombudsman on the role of the print media in advancing the participation and representation of minority communities in society. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Press Council and Press Ombudsman have made it ‘easier to get redress’

Press Ombudsman Peter Feeney has upheld nine press complaints this year and, on average, receives 300 such complaints annually, he said on Tuesday. “A(...)

The Citywide Drugs Crisis campaign, which supports the decriminalisation of drugs possession for personal use, wants the public to make submissions to the Department of Health on the issue. Photograph: Getty Images
Almost 75% of drugs offences last year were ‘possession for personal use’

Almost three-quarters of recorded drugs offences last year were “possession for personal use”, using up resources better deployed helping drug-users a(...)

“On a fundamental level people do not feel great sympathy for people who inject drugs.”
‘When I scored in a football match the other team shouted “junkie”’

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(...)

Local resident Paddy Egerton and community worker Sarah Kelleher at North Rutland Street in Dublin.
Dublin’s north inner city lives in fear of gangland feud

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(...)