One person a day is dying from a drugs overdose, a charity group that helps people with addiction problems has said.
The Ana Liffey Drug Project, which works with 2,500 people with addiction problems, has asked for a suitable premises so it can run a "low threshold residential stabilisation" service.
It has also asked for the introduction of medically supervised injecting centres.
The call comes as it emerged that there have been scores of objections to plans to open a "wet hostel" - in which alcohol is allowed to be drunk - in Dublin city centre.
The city council is pushing ahead with plans to convert an old hotel in Fitzwilliam Street into temporary accommodation. It paid €7m for the property in 2007.
However, local business owners and residents have objected to the plans.
Tony Duffin, the director of the Ana Liffey Drug Project, said that with a suitable property the organisation could accommodate up to 20 people at a time on a pilot project to help them to stabilise.
Source: Luke Byrne, herald.ie, 18/12/14
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