IRELAND’S COKE CRISIS: FROM SHIPS TO SHOTS TO SHINDIGS A drug-smuggling ship was chased by an Irish warship, shot at, then stormed by helicopter troops. Yes, seriously. It carried €157 million worth of cocaine. And that was just one bust. Ireland now ranks 4th in the world for cocaine use. More people there do coke than in the UK. Addiction experts say it’s at weddings, funerals, even “any occasion” – used by everyone from teens to grandads. Seizures are 10x higher than in 2019. Treatment is up 250%. The navy has only 3 active ships to cover 3,200 km of coastline. Cocaine’s rising. Booze is dropping. But binge drinking’s still popular, because… Ireland. Cocaine’s everywhere, money’s flowing – and no one wants to think about who’s getting killed to keep the party going. Source: Financial Times, Irish Times
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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