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Dail Debates

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – National security [2791/24]. (20 Feb 2024)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 1134, 1135 – Drug dealing [intimidation] [1706/1707/24]. (17 Jan 2024)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 609 – Health strategies [drug intimidation] [53781/23]. (05 Dec 2023)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Questions 5 & 12 Taoiseach's communications [drugs policy] [30915/23] [32556/23]. (04 Jul 2023)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann Debate. Written answer 505 - Crime prevention [9845/23]. (28 Feb 2023)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Written answer 13 - Drug dealing [Intimidation] [60618/22]. (06 Dec 2022)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Written answers 317 & 62 - Departmental projects & Crime prevention [Intimidation] [51618/22 & 52410/22]. (20 Oct 2022)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Written answer 501 - An Garda Síochána [35446/22]. (05 Jul 2022)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Written answer 66 – Drug dealing [35981/22]. (05 Jul 2022)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Written answer 787 – Health services [DRIVE] [14466/22]. (22 Mar 2022)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Written answers 1376 & 1495 - Health strategies [Task forces & DRIVE] [63043/21 & 63404/21]. (19 Jan 2022)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 154 – Drug dealing [Drug-related intimidation] [58050/21]. (25 Nov 2021)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Topical issue debate - Medical cards [Drug crime and intimidation]. (11 Mar 2021)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage. (11 Feb 2021)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (03 Feb 2021)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Other questions - Crime prevention [22994/20, 22869/20, 23176/20]. (10 Sep 2020)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Questions: Regeneration projects [15758/20]. (14 Jul 2020)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Cabinet Committee Meetings [50087/19, 51822/19, 52728/19] Drug gangs. (17 Dec 2019)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 249 - Drugs crime [27295/15]. (07 Jul 2015)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 485 - Drugs crime [11829/15]. (24 Mar 2015)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 24 - Garda operations [2164/15]. (19 Feb 2015)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 136 - Drugs-related intimidation [46715/14]. (04 Dec 2014)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 323 - Garda resources [35842/14]. (23 Sep 2014)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 8. Organised crime [39814/13]. (25 Sep 2013)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 43 - National Drugs Strategy [Intimidation] [46042/10]. (14 Dec 2010)

Conference or Workshop Item

National Drugs Forum. (2022) National Drugs Forum 2022 - speaker recordings. In: National Drugs Forum 2022 – Building research capacity: knowledge for a safer future,, 2 November 2022, Gibson Hotel, Dublin.

Quality Matters. (2019) Lives without fear – what works? Conference report and recommendations. In: Lives without fear – what works, 18 June 2018, Croke Park, Dublin.

Connolly, Johnny (2010) Community responses to issues of safety and intimidation. In: Community drugs problem: defining the problem - defending the responses conference, 15 October 2010, Dublin.

O'Leary, Megan (2010) Intimidation of families. In: Community drugs problem: defining the problem - defending the responses conference, 15 October 2010, Dublin.

Teaching Resource

Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force. (2022) Drug related intimidation programme. Galway: Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force.

Other

DRIVE Oversight Committee. (2021) Drug related intimidation & violence engagement (DRIVE) leaflet. DRIVE, Dublin.

News

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac 'Violence, intimidation, addiction behind all that bling'. (25 Mar 2024)

[thejournal.ie] , Ryan, Orla 'Everyone knows drugs are sold and people are intimidated in areas affected by poverty'. (17 Mar 2024)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac 37% drop in Cork's garda drug squad numbers compared to 14% nationwide. (21 Feb 2024)

[Irish Examiner] , Dunphy, Liz Drug-debt enforcers 'terrorising families in every county'. (06 Aug 2023)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Cormac O'Keeffe: Invest in frontline to help tackle street violence. (22 Jul 2023)

[thejournal.ie] , Halpin, Hayley 'Staff have been attacked, spat at': Dublin city businesses on impact of anti-social behaviour. (09 Jun 2023)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Child, 8, used by gang to collect drug debts on bike. (29 May 2023)

[Irish Times] , Gallagher, Conor How drug debts are used to control Irish communities: ‘Men are forced to go to jail on someone’s behalf’. (01 Apr 2023)

[Irish Times] , Power, Jack Families pressured to remortgage homes over drug debts, says senior garda. (17 Jan 2023)

[Irish Times] , Power, Jack Nearly 200 reports of drug-related intimidation in north Dublin. (16 Jan 2023)

[Irish Times] , Power, Jack Concern over increasing prevalence of drug-related ‘cuckooing’. (09 Nov 2022)

[Irish Times] , Dalton, Eoghan Addiction and drug debts wreak havoc on community. (04 Jul 2022)

Department of Health. Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy advocates multi-agency response to EU report on impact of drugs on communities. (03 Feb 2022)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Almost 290 drug intimidation cases reported in Dublin last year. (26 Jan 2022)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Women being forced into sex to pay drug debts as intimidation rises. (27 Nov 2021)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac 'Growing concern' at level of intimidation by drugs gangs. (23 Nov 2021)

[Irish Examiner] , Murray, Sean Drug-related intimidation 'normalised' way of resolving disputes, seminar hears. (17 Nov 2021)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac 'He owed money and these people wanted money': drugs, debts and the silent toll on families. (18 Sep 2021)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Hostile takeovers: dealers sell from the homes of vulnerable addicts. (17 Apr 2021)

[Irish Times] , Holland, Kitty ‘I’ll blow your f**king legs off’: crime and neglect in Dublin city centre. (13 Feb 2021)

[Irish Times] , Lally, Conor Dublin's north inner city: Hospital records to help analyse 'violence as disease'. (08 Feb 2021)

Ana Liffey Drug Project. [Ana Liffey Drug Project] Report highlights need to work together to address drug-related intimidation. (26 Jan 2021)

[Department of Justice and Equality] Minister McEntee to assess impact of criminal activity in Drogheda. (21 Aug 2020)

[Irish Examiner] , Dunphy, Liz Drug dealers calling in €30k drug debts from Cork families. (15 May 2020)

[Southern Star] , O'Mahony, Kieran West Corks cocaine wars (part 1). (11 May 2020)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Teen cannabis dealers go from oppressed to oppressor. (22 Apr 2020)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Reducing drug deaths made national priority under Operation Tara. (17 Feb 2020)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Cormac O’Keeffe: Pledges galore, but will anything change on the ground? (05 Feb 2020)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac 'This is a national crisis' - Drogheda families speak ahead of protest against criminality and violence. (25 Jan 2020)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Status and money pull youth into drugs trade. (23 Dec 2019)

[Irish Times] , Holland, Kitty Drug-related intimidation causing ‘havoc’ in Traveller community. (13 Nov 2019)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Parents ‘want to keep heads down’ over drugs trade. (11 Nov 2019)

[Irish Times] , Horgan Jones, Jack and Gallagher, Conor Gangs stealing scrap metal to fund drug deals, Government told. (19 Oct 2019)

[Irish Examiner] , Baker, Noel Parents pay price for drug debts of children, says judge. (08 Jun 2019)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac 'Low-level dealing is enough to have your life taken': Garda appeals to youth to shun drug life. (23 May 2019)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Young people see drug dealing as ‘work’ to buy consumer goods. (30 Apr 2019)

[Irish Times] , Gallagher, Conor Drug debts: First come bullets in the post. Then the family home is firebombed. (09 Feb 2019)

[thejournal.ie] , Hennessy, Michelle Dealers make violent threats against 12-year-olds over cannabis debt. (28 Jan 2019)

[thejournal.ie] , Dunphy, Shane A mother on drug crime in Ireland: 'When the dealers called to my door and wanted me to settle his debts, I’d had enough'. (07 Jan 2019)

[Irish Examiner] , Walsh, Louise Residents of Meath village unite to stop drug dealers. (20 Dec 2018)

[Dublin People] Shocking drug trends emerging. (04 Dec 2018)

[The Times] , Hourihan, Anne Marie Addiction can’t be left to desperate families. (21 Nov 2018)

[Independent.ie] , Keogh, Elaine People under threat from drug dealers should tell us - Garda chief. (20 Nov 2018)

[Independent.ie] , Sheehan, Maeve 'Fear stalks feud town as gangs 'tax' families over children's drug debts'. (18 Nov 2018)

[thejournal.ie] , MacNamee, Garreth Drug dealing criminals using bookmakers' online accounts to stash money. (19 Oct 2018)

[Irish Times] , Harrold, Pat When a local GP suddenly finds themselves in a scene from ‘Love/Hate’. (08 Aug 2018)

[thejournal.ie] , MacNamee, Garreth Revealed: The human trafficking heroin gang behind an acid attack on a drugs garda. (16 Jul 2018)

[thejournal.ie] , MacNamee, Garreth Drugs unit garda suffers acid attack at hands of heroin gang he's investigating. (06 Jul 2018)

[Belfast Telegraph] , Smyth, Lisa Northern Ireland addicts with huge drug debts are taking their own lives rather than face angry dealers, claims front line worker. (26 May 2018)

[Independent.ie] , Foy, Ken Cocaine: The Gang Wars connection. (19 Nov 2017)

[thejournal.ie] , Ryan, Orla People warned that small weed or cocaine habits are fuelling violent crime. (08 Nov 2017)

[Belfast Telegraph] , Black, Rebecca Group issues death threat against 14 in west Belfast. (07 Nov 2017)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac ‘Zero tolerance’by gangs to all drug debt. (16 Oct 2017)

[Merrionstreet.ie] Government responds comprehensively to Mulvey report recommendations for north east inner city. (16 Feb 2017)

[Irish Examiner] , English, Eoin Facebook page threatens vigilante strikes on drug dealers. (12 Feb 2017)

[Independent.ie] '1 in 3 people threatened over a drug debt is your Ma' - Hard-hitting campaign targets teens. (22 Dec 2016)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Children as young as 12 being sucked into crime. (30 Nov 2016)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Recreational drug use ‘feeding’ local gang intimidation. (24 Oct 2016)

[Irish Mirror] , McMenamy, Emma Jailed gang members forcing inmates to collect drugs thrown over the wall 'or face beating'. (08 Oct 2016)

[thejournal.ie] , Fitzgerald, Cormac Members of the public and gardaí gathered last night to discuss crime in the capital. (29 Sep 2016)

[Irish Examiner] , Ó Fátharta, Conall Staff shortages, drugs and inmate violence blight jails. (25 Jun 2016)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac No more ‘going through the motions’, warns youth expert. (27 May 2016)

[thejournal.ie] , Clonan, Tom Invisible police and invisible politicians are the roots of Dublin's narco terror violence. (27 Apr 2016)

[RTE News] Majority of drug users do not report attacks - report. (16 Feb 2016)

[Irish Examiner] Study reveals 75% of people do not report intimidation by drug gangs. (12 Nov 2015)

[Independent.ie] , O'Faherty, Jane 75pc of people who experienced drug intimidation did not report the incident to gardai. (12 Nov 2015)

[Independent.ie] , Fegan, Joyce Drug debt is now a huge issue for Irish teens, warns leading psychiatrist. (09 Aug 2015)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Need for mini CABs to tackle drug gangs. (19 Feb 2015)

[Limerick Post] , Jacques, Alan Violent undercurrent to Limerick City’s drug problem. (12 Feb 2015)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Drug-hit areas feel ‘hopeless’ over fear of gangs. (11 Dec 2014)

[thejournal.ie] , MacGuill, Dan “Horrific”: Gangs passing drug debts on to families bereaved by suicide. (11 Dec 2014)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Special report: The drugs trade in Ireland. (24 Oct 2014)

[Irish Examiner] , Neylon, Laoise and Ó Fátharta, Conall Trafficking fears over drug case convictions. (18 Oct 2014)

[Irish Examiner] , Woulfe, Jimmy European drugs gang targets immigrants. (09 Oct 2013)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Initiative to tackle drug-debt bullying by dealers. (02 Jul 2013)

[Irish Examiner] , Baker, Noel Drug debt teens threatened with guns. (17 Jun 2013)

[Herald.ie] , Feehan, Conor Dealers forcing parents to pay for drug debts. (10 May 2013)

[Irish Examiner] , Baker, Noel Cannabis drug debts leading to suicide. (25 Mar 2013)

[Irish Examiner] , Baker, Noel Intimidation over drug debts on rise. (04 Mar 2013)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Help for families intimidated by dealers. (05 Feb 2013)

[Irish Independent] , Ryan, Philip Sex assaults and drug offences also quashed by gardai. (23 Dec 2012)

[Alcohol Action Ireland] One in 11 report they or a family member assaulted by someone under the influence of alcohol in past year. (14 Dec 2011)