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"For pocket money" Why Blanchardstown now has 10 year old drug runners

In Blanchardstown children as young as 8 and 10 are being drawn into drug running and dealing for...

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19.02 8 Jan 2021


"For pocket money" Why Blanchardstown now has 10 year old drug runners


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19.02 8 Jan 2021


In Blanchardstown children as young as 8 and 10 are being drawn into drug running and dealing for “social status” and “easy money”, as well as family connections and rising drug debt and intimidation according to new research.

Henry McKean visited the densely populated Dublin 15 suburb.


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