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News items
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Towards a health-lead approach to possession of drugs
June 5, 2018
Town Hall Dublin – 12 June 2018
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Renewed calls for drug testing at Irish festivals following UK deaths
June 5, 2018
The Ana Liffey Drug project are keen to provide the service, while the matter will be considered at the Sinn Féin Ard Dheis.
The Ana Liffey Drug Project has reiterated its willingness to provide professional drug testing at Irish music festivals following the death of two people, Georgia Jones, aged 18, and 20-year-old Tommy Cowan at the Mutiny weekender in Portsmouth. Three men have subsequently been arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs at the event, which was immediately cancelled as a safety precaution.
“The tragic deaths of young festival goers in the UK at the weekend is a wakeup call to us all,” says Ana Liffey CEO, Tony Duffin. “We know that it is safest not to use unknown or illicit drugs at all, but we also know that over the summer some festival goers will use drugs and drink to excess. These are not bad or stupid people, they are someone’s son, daughter, mother, father, aunt or uncle. We want everyone who goes to a festival this summer to come home safely.
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Crack-cocaine use surging in Dublin city centre
June 5, 2018
Dealers began offering smaller, cheaper bags of the drug from last summer.
The HSE is planning a harm reduction information campaign in response to a significant increase in use of crack-cocaine in Dublin city centre.
Drug service workers on both sides of the Liffey have noticed an increase in availability and use of the drug since last summer.
“Crack-cocaine isn’t new – it would come and go as a drug trend but this is more sustained use,” said Tony Duffin of the Ana Liffey Drug Project.
A smokeable form of cocaine made by chemically altering cocaine powder to form crystals or rocks, crack-cocaine produces a short but intense high with effects much stronger than the powdered version of the drug.
Duffin said the rise in availability of cocaine in the capital had led to an increase in the amount of crack being manufactured.
He explained:
There was something that happened around the summer of last year – a rock of crack would cost around €50. Dealers began to make smaller rocks for €25 so people could buy them for cheaper.
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Support Ana Liffey Drug Project by taking part in the VHI Mini Marathon on Sunday 3rd June 2018
April 25, 2018
Take part in the annual VHI Women’s Mini Marathon and have fun while raising much needed funds for Ana Liffey.
Ana Liffey is a charity based in Dublin, Limerick, Clare and Tipperary. We are dedicated to working with some of the most vulnerable people in our society, people whose lives have spiralled out of control as a result of abuse, neglect, poverty, relationship breakdowns and other trauma. The people Ana Liffey work with are often homeless, have severe drug and addiction problems and have lost all hope.
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Responding to drug use in Ireland – there is another way…
April 5, 2018
Tony Duffin on ‘The Hard Shoulder’ with Ivan Yates 4th April 2018