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12th March 2015
Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) call for removal of Diageo/Role-models advert
Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) call for the immediate removal of all Diageo/Role-models advert which blames victims of sexual violence for the crimes that have been committed against them.
12th March 2015
Leo Varadkar backs softer drug rules as new laws pass
Health Minister Leo Varadkar has indicated his support for liberalising Ireland’s drug laws in order to tackle the country’s addiction problems.
12th March 2015
Sleeping pills still not being properly prescribed - audit
The majority of doctors are still not following guidelines on the prescribing of tranquillisers and sleeping tablets, according to a new audit.
11th March 2015
The judge who allowed ecstasy and ketamine to be legalised explains why he did it
At the centre of today’s news story about how Ireland has legalised ecstasy, ketamine and magic mushrooms, sits Judge Gerard Hogan.
11th March 2015
Drugs Ruling: ‘Unprecedented increase’ in synthetic drugs
Health and policing agencies are grappling with “an unprecedented increase” in the number of new synthetic drugs across Europe.
11th March 2015
Drugs ruling: Cases in doubt after key ruling
Dozens of pending prosecutions for possession of certain drugs are up in the air after a landmark court judgment ruled a key drug law was unconstitutional.
10th March 2015
Why are ecstasy, magic mushrooms, and other drugs all legal today and tomorrow?
By now you have probably heard the news that certain drugs – like ecstasy, ketamine and crystal meth – are all legal to possess in Ireland until midnight on Thursday.
10th March 2015
Government to rush through emergency legislation tonight after court strikes down law on legal highs
The Government is being forced to rush through emergency legislation in the Dail tonight after the Court of Appeal has struck down a law banning so-called legal highs.
10th March 2015
Loophole means ecstasy is now legal (but only until Thursday)
The Dáil is to sit late tonight to pass emergency legislation in order to reclassify certain drugs, including ecstasy, as illegal following a court ruling this morning.
10th March 2015
Former tobacco lobby group hired by Diageo anti-alcohol campaign
The group opposed to the drinks industry-funded anti-alcohol campaign has raised concerns that a public relations group previously involved with the tobacco industry is now the secretariat for the campaign.

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