How Ireland has become a backdoor into Europe for drug smugglers | Focus on Europe

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1. What s about** dealers sentences ?? 😮

2. Lack of prosperity is a big driver for substance abuse. With sky high rents and stagnant wages no wonder people are looking at drugs to take away the misery of living somewhere so hopeless 😒

3. Cocaine in Dublin is recreational, but there is a extreme amount of people who dont even realise they are addicted, the bump in the morning before work, the bump before lunch, the bump at 3pm, the bump on a Mondag night. Personally I have three friends I would consider addicted, and they are spending everything on it

4. RTE would never show this! Tks

5. Ireland have a such big problem about alcohol and drugs, nobody wanna talk about it, just keep the people complain the immigrants as the problem …😅

6. Quality journalism, thanks Deutsche Welle!

7. and people still complains about weed in Dublin haha what a joke, most people i know do coke in this city bunch of addicts, and the government do not want to legalize weed what a shame for this country, weed is a problem but selling crack in a daylight it's fine

8. Yup foss

9. The boats and planes are interesting but irrelevant. Irish people suffer greatly with self respect and self confidence due to the generational trauma from 800 years of british oppression. The Irish government has consistently prioritised profits over the wellbeing of the Irish people ever since the creation of the free state, leading to pockets of extreme deprivation and a general lack of services and supports nationwide. When you see yourself as worthless and see no way out of your situation it's a natural human response to turn to drugs to mask the pain. Learning to accept and love the true nature of yourself and the environment you exist in is key for staying away from drugs, but for many Irish people that journey begins 100m behind the starting line.

10. We are the dumping ground of Europe

11. From sloppy drunk to stimulus drunk 🙁 World Guinness book of Records created 100 million literal people by Guinness brewery spreading Guinness record leaflets in pubs, none of other education programs reached such literacy heights. Do you ever seen people reading books being high on stimulus ?

12. Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

13. Daniel is a great example to the young fellows out there, great work and keep strong!!

14. Working in a kitchen a way out of drugs??? Oh those lads are in for a big disappointing surprise! I know of no business kitchen in Ireland with at least one member of staff not hooked on cocaine or pills. Sad the life of cooks in Ireland.

15. The government should decriminalize weed and mushrooms. They're far less damaging than alcohol and can have profound mental health benefits when used correctly.

16. This isn't accurate. Drug use in Ireland has always been huge. All that's changed are the drugs taken. In the 70s and early 80s Dun Laoghaire, being a port, was considered to be the heroin capital of Europe. There were junkies all over the city. All the lanes around the city centre were full of needles. There were many pubs, snooker halls and cafés where you could score. Speed was also really big in the 80s. In the 90s there was a massive movement within the inner-city council flats to force dealers out of their communities. The rave scene and 'Celtic Tiger' introduced ecstasy and cocaine, and the new generation of clubbers started taking heroin so they could come down at the end of the night. Cocaine became huge in the 90s and 00s, like it did everywhere else. Cocaine is still really big, as is Ketamine. Ireland has always been an entry point for drugs.

17. All by design..WEF….BBB

18. Ireland 2024

19. Left wing government … Lots of benefits, little work.

20. When I was a kid in Darndale (99s) you'd hear gun shots back and forth & never hear about it on the news. And every court had real fairytale names like snowdropp…u need to be o e strong cookie to kick a habit and function in Clonsaugh, Belcamp or Darnadale

21. Ireland is a gangsta's paradise.

22. Darndale was such a beautiful upper class area only 5 years ago. I can't believe it has been destroyed by recent immigration. Shocking!
    Oh, he actually says Darndale has been a mess for GENERATIONS. So how is this News?
    So it used to be Heroin but now it's Crack Cocaine. How did the Heroin get into the country?

23. Lost many friends to drugs, and they didn't accept help either. They think it is something to be proud of and good for themselves. More awareness is required, sorry for everyone who is challenged with an addiction.

24. The Venezuelan Narco Government sending all this Drug directly from Venezuela into Europe

25. Ireland from 13 years old to 70 all mostly are taking cocaine is just gone very bad,sad

26. Maybe alcohol is still too cheap ?

27. Every town, village & hamlet in Ireland is coming down in it, & off it. Huge presentations to A&E of people with suicidal ideation because of it. This is affecting timely intervention for those with true mental illness.

28. The deliveroos in Ireland are the ones delivering the drugs at your door

29. I live in Kilkenny and it has more of a heroin and tablets problem rather than coke but it all comes from Dublin usually, people travel up to buy drugs cheap then come back and sell them for more than they were bought for.

30. Its gone very bad here. All the small villages are a wash with it. Scary how socially exceptable it is now. There not even hiding it anymore

31. Don't worry……. been like this for decades

32. Look to irish businessmen..middle class..political elite..gyms run by heads..money gun laundering..all milking the system since free state setup..pissing on the ordinary man

33. Galway..Longford.. dublin..Liverpool.. Manchester.. drug run

34. stories of christianity.

35. God Bless you Triona. You are a
    Real inspiration to these young people. You are all beloved children of God. God Bless you all.

36. Answer to title before watching as irishman: bad police and judges
    Aswell as open drug use and abuse.

37. The smugglers choose Ireland for its low taxes like the big techs. Be careful as the EU will make you pay like they did Apple.

38. The world has a cocaine problem

39. My country, I'm sad

40. Baking powder and baking soda….

41. Crack cocaine is not an addiction. It's just all in the head. It's not physically addictive like heroin. Heroin addicts without their fix will suffer withdrawal. There is no physical withdrawal from crack cocaine so I disagree that crack cocaine is an addictive drug. It's just all in the users mind.