Ballymun has the highest level of people with problematic opiate use. The word is not “Cocooning” as used during the COVID-19 pandemic it is “Cuckooing”. Recent Report.

As published in the Irish Times March 23rd 2021

Targets are people who are vulnerable and the aim is to get them hooked on crack cocaine.

Devious at its worst is the criminal mind when Ireland’s mafiosa are the drivers from Dubai and beyond.

“The increase in crack cocaine use in particular had resulted in a spate of “cuckooing” – a phenomenon where criminal networks take over the homes of “vulnerable tenants” including addicts, tenants with mental health or physical difficulties, and elderly people.”

Be Alert … “A country should be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable.