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Heroin dealers in the south-east region were targeted yesterday by 70 Gardai involved in a year-long surveillance operation organised to avert drug dealing in the region.

A woman described in court as a habitual shoplifter has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to two counts of theft.

Mayor of Castlebar Michael Kilcoyne has welcomed the Government ban this week of substances on sale as ‘legal highs’ in headshops. Cllr Kilcoyne and his colleagues on Castlebar Town Council led a protest march earlier this year against the two head shops in town calling for them to be closed. “I welcome the ban, but my big question is why did it take so long? When this was raised first we were told it had to go through Government approval, then to the EU which we told the Government was rubbish. But the fact that these substances have been banned has to be welcomed as it’s a start.”

It was a case of ‘tell us something we don’t know’ when the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs launched a study into substance abuse in Athlone last week.

It was a case of ‘tell us something we don’t know’ when the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs launched a study into substance abuse in Athlone last week.

A 23-year-old Mullingar woman has received an 11 month sentence after being convicted of 17 thefts.

Kilkenny's Aislinn Centre has been approved for Government funding of €18,500 to employ a therapist to help cocaine users to kick their addiction.

The use of heroin has increased rapidly in Kilkenny in just 12 months with almost double the amount of people using in 2008 than used in 2007.

Gardai in Mullingar are seeking the assistance of the public in the recovery of some stolen pharmaceuticals that could stop a person’s breathing in minutes if taken incorrectly.

Two young, heroin-addicted mothers, both attending court from jail, were each given another 22 months for their part in stealing a tea trolley from a train as well as a large number of other thefts each.