Still No Green Light For Supervised Injecting Centres

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Still No Green Light For Supervised Injecting Centres

St Audoen's school in Dublin 8 has brought legal proceedings to the High Court in a bid to overturn An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant permission for a medically supervised injecting centre at nearby Merchants Quay. Why is there such opposition to these services and if none have been given green light since they were legalised four years ago? Will we ever see a drug injection centre serving addicts in need? Dr Garrett McGovern, a GP specialising in substance abuse at the Priority Medical Clinic and Tina MacVeigh, a PeopleBeforeProfit Councillor in Dublin 8 both joined us to debate this. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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Still No Green Light For Supervised Injecting Centres