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Some people were shocked, others nodded in a knowing manner when the news filtered through that there had been three local deaths last week and all of the deceased were heroin addicts.

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.

There is a consistent demand for the services offered to young people at the Aislinn Centre in Ballyragget according to its recently launched annual report for 2007 which details facts and figures about the centre.

Westmeath County Council is to seek the support of local authorities across the country in a campaign to ban ‘party pills’, following a motion raised by Cllr Frankie Keena at this week’s council meeting.

Young people in Kilkenny are turning to drugs, alcohol and even suicide in a bid to escape the despondency and gloom that comes with a country in the midst of recession — according to a local councillor and School Completion Liaison Officer.

Used needles have been found by residents in a city housing estate in recent days highlighting the problems surrounding drug use in Kilkenny amongst young people.