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A needle exchange facility is expected to be made available to Westmeath’s estimated 24 intravenous drug users before the end of the Spring.

A 37-year-old Slovakian who was found in possession of ecstasy tablets pleaded guilty at Belmullet District Court this week.

A Dublin heroin addict who is currently serving an 18-month sentence in the midlands prison was given a three-month sentence to run concurrently at Ballinrobe District Court last week.

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.

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

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.

The jury at an inquest into the death of John Brennan (51) last year in a house fire at Wellington Square found that Mr Brennan died from acute cardiac failure and respiratory failure as a result of smoke inhalation.

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).

Three houses were raided in Kilkenny yesterday morning as part of the local Garda drugs unit’s attempt to stamp out drugs in Kilkenny city and county.