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Is Ireland 'loaded' with cocaine?

According to Garda Chief Superintendent in Drogheda, Christy Mangan, Ireland is now a country "lo...

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10.33 13 May 2019


Is Ireland 'loaded' with cocaine?


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10.33 13 May 2019


According to Garda Chief Superintendent in Drogheda, Christy Mangan, Ireland is now a country "loaded with cocaine”.

We ask Jason Van Der Velde, Emergency Medicine Physician with the CUH and West Cork Rapid Response if he thinks cocaine is really rampant across the nation.


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Addiction Andrea Gilligan Cocaine Cocaine In Ireland Cocaine Use Drug Addiction Drug Problem Drugs Drugs In Ireland Ireland's Drug Problem Irish Cocaine Use Newstalk Newstalk Breakfast Shane Coleman West Cork Rapid Response

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