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“Who is going to do a hair follicle test in Australia? How does this work?” were questions posed by a Judge when she was told a defendant was not present in her court when his case was called, because he was in Australia.

As part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs in the region, Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house in Tuam on December 17.

A 27-YEAR-OLD Oranmore man has spent more of his life taking drugs than he has lived without them, his defence solicitor told Galway District Court.

A MAN who admitted that he grew cannabis plants as part of his efforts to self-medicate is now on prescribed medicine and no longer produces his own.

Gardaí have rolled out a new roadside drug driving testing device, which they say can test for a greater range of drugs on the spot.

Certain public areas of Galway city are under consideration as places where the consumption of alcohol will be permitted for the forthcoming ‘outdoor summer’.

Gardaí have seized €20,000 of suspected cannabis herb in the Knocknacarra area of Galway.

Drug reform is an important conversation that is happening in households and social circles, but one that politicians seem afraid to touch. Ireland has a long path to go on drug reform.

A new organisation which aims to heighten awareness and find solutions to suicide, alcohol, and drug misuse will hold a public meeting in the city next week.

Drug possession and addiction should be treated as a public health issue, and not as a criminal matter, according to the NUI Galway branch of Young Fine Gael.