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The Sad Facts are, Families are Alone, and Threatened, every day.

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Families tortured by drug debt: ‘Grandparents have been followed by gangsters, their pension forcibly taken’

Drug-related intimidation is a problem in every corner of Ireland. The Drive Project shows victims they are not alone

Siobhan Maher, national co-ordinator of the Drive Project, and Bríd Walsh, chairperson of the National Drive Oversight Committee. Photo: Gerry Mooney
Siobhan Maher, national co-ordinator of the Drive Project, and Bríd Walsh, chairperson of the National Drive Oversight Committee

Ali Bracken

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Catherine (not her real name) and her family have been paying off her brother’s drugs debts for over 30 years.

As a young teenager, she recalls her mother leaving the house to meet a dealer he owed a few hundred pounds to for heroin.

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