The case of a crack addict who shot another man twice in the head is a "vivid illustration" of how far things can go wrong when people become "enmeshed in criminality" through taking "so-called ...

The case of a crack addict who shot another man twice in the head is a “vivid illustration” of how things can go wrong when people become “enmeshed in criminality” through taking “so-called ...

A crack cocaine addict who robbed a taxi driver after threatening him with a pointed weapon while an accomplice wrapped a rope around the victim's neck has been sentenced to seven and half years.

An "epidemic" of crack cocaine usage in west Tallaght, Dublin, one of the poorest communities in the State, is "devastating" families and communities, a report published on Monday warns. Crack ...

Addiction counsellors in Cork are seeing the first cases of women hooked on crack cocaine. According to counsellors at the Cuan Mhuire treatment centre for women, addiction to crack cocaine was ...

A MUM who grew up as a typical middle-class girl has revealed how boozing at 14 sent her life on a different trajectory. Olivia Taylor first began boozing at 14 in the park with friends, but her ...

Charles’ parents, Renate and Charles Cole, were both crack addicts when they were younger, but whenever they saw their son become a college graduate they were inspired to give up the drugs and go back ...

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