Novas Ireland Christmas Money Box Appeal

Novas Ireland helped over 1500 people last year. The organisation has designed a small Novas money box for the Christmas period which is ideal of collections in schools, households and retail outlets in the regions in which we work. Please keep an eye on our their website  and Facebook page in the coming weeks for a picture of these small money boxes.

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Heroin deaths spark fears for Limerick city’s addicts

Contaminated heroin may have caused the deaths of twin brothers found dead yesterday in a rented Limerick apartment — and there are fears many more heroin users may have used a similar batch.

The mother of the men, named locally as Kevin and Peter Moran, became concerned after they had not made mobile phone contact for a number of days and was present when the grim discovery was made.
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Criticism levelled at conditions in Limerick Prison

Limerick Prison came for criticism in the Irish Prison Chaplains Annual Report 2010, citing that it was originally built for 185 prisoners, but on July 23 last, 322 prisoners were detained. The report said that some Irish prisons were noted as “inhumane and degrading.

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Drugs scourge haunts Limerick city

Young teenagers are abusing heroin and other substances, which are widely available within the city centre.

That’s the disturbing message from Billy Fox, general manager of ALJEFF addiction treatment centre.

He told the Limerick Post that he could ask people being treated for heroin and they could supply it in less than 10 minutes.

Fox has asked that the problem be confronted.

“People are afraid of it and think it will go away but we have a history in Ireland of closing our eyes to problems in society”.

Heroin is believed to be the most widely available drug. He explained: “It is much cheaper for people to get a fix of heroin for the day than it is to pay for a day’s drinking”.

The counsellor feels that people need to be more open-minded about drug addiction and look past the “junkie” stereotype,

“Nobody sets out to become an addict, it begins with experimentation, leads to dependency and continues to addiction”.

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