The crime rate in Dublin’s south-west inner city is more than twice the national average. A new report shows the area is also disproportionately impacted by deprivation, low educational attainment and a lack of physical activity due to insufficient facilities...

The report states that the crime rate in the area is more than twice the national average. Meanwhile. the number of drug poisoning deaths per capita in the south-west inner city is at least twice the national average. There were 22 drug poisoning deaths in the area in 2021, the latest year for which figures are available...