Dublin's Drug Laneways

It's just under a year since TheJournal.ie first took a tour of the injecting alleys and laneways of Dublin city centre.
12 months on, there’s not much change to report.
The lanes are still littered with used syringes and other paraphernalia.
In one part of town, just off Ormond Quay, we found a used needle just a few dozen yards from a packed children’s playground
Ana Liffey Drug Project's Tony Duffin showed us some of the worst-affected areas.
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  • @thekillingfieldsable
    @thekillingfieldsable Жыл бұрын

    He's approaching it like David Attenborough would approach a rainforest.

  • @helenmcshane7261
    @helenmcshane72613 жыл бұрын

    I pity their addiction but no need for them leaving their needles everywhere.

  • @mickoc434

    @mickoc434

    3 жыл бұрын

    I 💯 agree

  • @jasonconnolly5930
    @jasonconnolly593011 ай бұрын

    I'm an addict and would love to speak to you about health board and why they leave addicts on methadone doesn't matter how high and that's all u can be a full time addict on heroin or any other serious drug and go get your methadone every day and absolutely nothing to help u get clean

  • @lobodesade6780

    @lobodesade6780

    8 ай бұрын

    I just went the cold turkey route and I've never looked back. Gave up the gear, the benzos, molly, lyrica and the drink, and I've been sober for around two years now, I just gradually cut back over time, then just stopped and went thru it.

  • @michaeltoner3366
    @michaeltoner33663 жыл бұрын

    Very instructive for us Old Dubs; and I knew that neighborhood well. But as the narrator says, the drugs are all over, Dublin (1,2,3,4), you name it, everywhere. Great docu here!

  • @deezilf8159
    @deezilf81596 жыл бұрын

    listen folks. . There is a serious drug problem in Dublin. . I worked (building maintenance )in town for many years and saw it first hand every day. . dealers on corners with fellas on other corners keeping an eye out for the guards. . it's all over the city and it's getting worse. . Most of the premises I looked after, North and southside, I found drug paraphernalia outside every day. . it's a huge problem. .something has to be done. . and soon! !!

  • @premierleague_itk2626

    @premierleague_itk2626

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shut up its like this 40 years

  • @enigmaa5195

    @enigmaa5195

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dublin city center is a real kip.. Better to stay away from it

  • @tearitloosetearitloose4670

    @tearitloosetearitloose4670

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@premierleague_itk2626 and? What's your point? You're sounding like a gobshite.

  • @futureskeletons66669

    @futureskeletons66669

    Жыл бұрын

    Like any major city on planet Earth.

  • @user-hi1et2tb5u

    @user-hi1et2tb5u

    3 ай бұрын

    Nothing has been done!!

  • @Darr733
    @Darr733Ай бұрын

    That's the lane beside what was the 'The Four Courts bar' back in the 80's Served my time as an apprentice barman in the pub !

  • @10jellys73
    @10jellys737 жыл бұрын

    About a year after this video was posted and the situation is just as bad if not worse 😔

  • @abepl

    @abepl

    5 жыл бұрын

    2 years after and it's even worse imho much worse, they did nothing to solve the problem!

  • @microwah

    @microwah

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@abepl 'They' being our government. Yes, i agree.

  • @cadetmouse

    @cadetmouse

    5 жыл бұрын

    The government here seem to not give a toss about nothing more than bringing in off shore filthy rich companies and turning the other cheek on their homelessness, drug addiction and youth crime. It's off the scale and will in turn stop the tourist trade dead in its tracks. The glory days will soon be over here, it's too expensive, it's dirty in the centre, robbery, street crime and aggressive begging will see an end to people visiting Dublin. The government and guardai stood by and did nothing.

  • @IITaDHGdALToNII

    @IITaDHGdALToNII

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@abepl ​ @Tyson genuinely wondering, any ideas for a solution? how exactly should the government proceed in solving this problem ?

  • @deeppurple883

    @deeppurple883

    3 жыл бұрын

    4 years since and still as bad . 😱

  • @jimbob9907
    @jimbob99072 жыл бұрын

    This dude is right on point. Hope them addicts get the help they need.

  • @randyyoung8930
    @randyyoung89304 жыл бұрын

    Should educate the public the permanent damage it causes

  • @trolmct6972
    @trolmct69728 ай бұрын

    Oh I’m sure there are no drug lanes in England !

  • @BellumNonAequa
    @BellumNonAequa7 жыл бұрын

    Very informative, I didn't realise the problem was so widespread. Thanks for uploading and thank you to the expert who really is following his vocation and doing a hero's work.

  • @iankennedy1441
    @iankennedy14412 жыл бұрын

    I agree they need injection places ,so they can do it safely and cleanly, plus they would stop some poor child finding a dirty needle and sticking it into themselves

  • @maryc372
    @maryc3726 жыл бұрын

    great programme but things seem to be getting worse not better

  • @canadaeast8358
    @canadaeast83583 жыл бұрын

    They could at last have enough sense to pick up there garbage when there done a kid or anyone could step on a dirty needle and catch something

  • @jennienolan593
    @jennienolan5936 жыл бұрын

    Great Video..... Hope it helps others

  • @freedom6741

    @freedom6741

    6 жыл бұрын

    jennie nolan drugs are every where its destroying societies, they should stop the big heads and then there are no new addicts and lost people, may god protect irish people from these poisonous substances and long live ireland 🇮🇪 greetings from lebanon.

  • @lr6179
    @lr617910 ай бұрын

    Basically the whole front of Belmayne and the back of narrow churchwell road.

  • @primo_7672
    @primo_76723 жыл бұрын

    It's and industry the drug problem the amount of money been made off the back of addicts is un real

  • @chompsongs4872
    @chompsongs48725 жыл бұрын

    Good video

  • @trevormccusker6836
    @trevormccusker68366 жыл бұрын

    I think its a great idea

  • @dublinsfaircity
    @dublinsfaircity3 жыл бұрын

    Interviewer interupting Tony Duffin too many times. He should learn better manners and let theexpert in his field speak.

  • @geraldineannelorraineclark3607

    @geraldineannelorraineclark3607

    Жыл бұрын

    i was thinking the very same.

  • @Letstalkaddiction1
    @Letstalkaddiction14 жыл бұрын

    Ana Liffey ❤️

  • @trainersap6253
    @trainersap62532 жыл бұрын

    My friend lives in Dublin City west and he was snatched cash and I-phone by one of the drug addict....... It's a problem for whole Ireland....

  • @PatchedThePipe
    @PatchedThePipe5 жыл бұрын

    Is it not better for the city and the public as a whole to move this off the streets?

  • @lobodesade6780

    @lobodesade6780

    8 ай бұрын

    You wouldn't be able to, because realistically people will always do it on the street, no matter what could be done.

  • @420hodgie
    @420hodgie3 жыл бұрын

    Legalize cheese

  • @MCshlthead
    @MCshlthead2 жыл бұрын

    id love to try, how can i get into this myself, i dont know anyone from dublin but i live kinda close by

  • @randyyoung8930
    @randyyoung89304 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised that they don't have a price on the person bringing it to the island

  • @lenxiabuda8338
    @lenxiabuda83386 жыл бұрын

    ppl were an are just not aware of the strength of addiction.. they're just not... it's not about havin da strength to not become addicted or being able to over come da addiction.. addiction is a disease of the brain and it's almost impossible to break but wit da ride treatment it is possible.. I just think ppl seriously underestimate da power of it....(addiction) coz I did and now I feel overwhelmed by it..... but I know I'll get thru it da other side....

  • @sarahmurphy8030

    @sarahmurphy8030

    6 жыл бұрын

    lenxia buda ..is not a disease

  • @Paddyllfixit

    @Paddyllfixit

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'd recheck that one Sarah

  • @sarahmurphy8030

    @sarahmurphy8030

    6 жыл бұрын

    Paddy Theosophist ..it's an addiction

  • @hangsambo12

    @hangsambo12

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sarah Murphy addiction is an addiction?!!

  • @phillydee67runningbear61

    @phillydee67runningbear61

    3 жыл бұрын

    are ok lexnia buda. it is a disease but can be arrested.

  • @hugokeys602
    @hugokeys6026 жыл бұрын

    He says that normal people can go to a doctor or nurse for an injection.... Junkies can go to a pharmacy for methadone!

  • @leeodonoghue1931

    @leeodonoghue1931

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's people like you and others that are the reason this is Still Going On

  • @hugokeys602

    @hugokeys602

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@leeodonoghue1931 elaborate please. I'd be fascinated to hear your reasoning!

  • @mikes9223

    @mikes9223

    6 ай бұрын

    Methadone doesnt work for every heroin addict. Thats why switzerland germany have HAT

  • @fordprefect8375
    @fordprefect8375 Жыл бұрын

    I've seen good evidence of the supernatural realm. So please pray and be active in helping badly off people or addicts. Then I'm sure God will help us in our good works too ❤

  • @vegasastras5367
    @vegasastras53675 жыл бұрын

    No benches, no public toilets, nothing for the convenience for the people but let's provide drugs for druggies. Certainly everything is done akward end in Ireland! You know what?! Just built the ghetto for all those troubled people outside city somewhere in Santry and start building FACILITIES there with all your services including garda, medics, canteens, guards etc...........

  • @leeodonoghue1931

    @leeodonoghue1931

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's people like you and others that are the reason this is Still Going On

  • @vegasastras9194

    @vegasastras9194

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@leeodonoghue1931 Bruce Lee you are aiming at the wrong target eh?!

  • @sean5431

    @sean5431

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lee O'Donoghue what's your solution then bud you are all over the comments saying it's people like you why this is still going on, you haven't come out with any actual solution yet, maybe you are the problem

  • @bullshitmorebullshit374
    @bullshitmorebullshit3746 жыл бұрын

    Why don't you talk to the camera and not into a shoe

  • @randyyoung8930

    @randyyoung8930

    4 жыл бұрын

    Remember get smart?

  • @thinkofitthisway7804
    @thinkofitthisway78047 ай бұрын

    Just to think, there were no drugs in Ireland not too long ago. Now it's full of drugs. But the $64K question is: If 98% of the Irish people (like in any country) want nothing to do with drugs, why are there any drugs there? And if the politicians claim to represent the best interests of the people, and will act accordingly, then what is the problem? Everybody wants the same thing - just make it a life changing event for anyone to be caught with or dealing drugs. Simple.

  • @jeremylamovsky9868

    @jeremylamovsky9868

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah, because it worked over here during the crack epidemic, right? Wrong. Anyone who thinks harsher penalties for drugs is the answer should just be ignored.

  • @AH-hi7jg
    @AH-hi7jg4 жыл бұрын

    Where is rodrigo Rao duterte when you need him.

  • @juzzymac6772
    @juzzymac67727 жыл бұрын

    the interviewer has no idea how to make a film

  • @hugokeys602

    @hugokeys602

    6 жыл бұрын

    Juzzy Mac You go and do better then!

  • @ozzie-sk9dh

    @ozzie-sk9dh

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought he did a good job. He set the scene and let the expert speak. Dublin was overrun by heroin in the eighties and was a huge societal problem. The state was completely ineffectual at dealing with it. Associated crime was high. I left Dublin for work back then. Breaks my heart to see this on the rise again 40 years later.

  • @lr6179
    @lr617910 ай бұрын

    Homeless are pure con artists, have houses just choose to not live in them,

  • @lobodesade6780

    @lobodesade6780

    8 ай бұрын

    So you believe that homeless people don't exist, that it isn't an issue, that more and more people are currently losing their homes, you think they all secretly have a home? Some might, con artists do exist, but most are genuinely homeless, you absolute goober.

  • @davedaly3863
    @davedaly38634 ай бұрын

    Patt of the problem drug centre in dublin free drugs well for them

  • @420hodgie
    @420hodgie3 жыл бұрын

    Legalize cheese

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