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A Circuit Court judge has left a prison sentence hanging over a recovering Mervue heroin addict with a warning that the warrant for his committal to prison will issue if he takes the drug between now and November.

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.

Carrying heroin for a friend landed a young woman in Carlow District Court this week on a charge under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

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.

A Mullingar man who had 15 deals of heroin worth €838 in his possession when stopped by Gardaí has been sentenced to 11 months imprisonment.

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.

A Scottish man, known to the Garda Drugs Squad, was sentenced to five months in jail for possession and drug dealing offences.

Kilkenny's war against drugs has been given extra help in the form of improved health services for addicts.

A Westmeath man has been given an 11 month sentence and fined €1,000 for possession of drugs with the intention to sell or supply them.

A heroin dealer and thief was told to give two clean urine tests a week for the next fortnight or face 22 months in jail, it was revealed at the District Court this week (July 1).