An Coimisiun Pleanala has given the planning green light for Ireland’s first medically supervised drug injection facility (MSIF) at Merchant’s Quay in Dublin to become permanent. ACP has granted permanent planning permission after finding that the MSIF would not result in an over-concentration of institutional accommodation and other social support services in the area around the Riverbank Building at Merchants Quay, Dublin. The Commission also found that the MSIF application by Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI) would not seriously injure the amenities of the area or the sustainability of the local neighbourhood, including the local school and other community facilities....