# decriminalisation - Friday 22 April, 2022
# Drugs
# Drugs
Four years ago the Green Party favoured the establishment of Amsterdam-style cannabis coffee shops to Ireland.
# decriminalisation - Thursday 6 January, 2022
# Gay Rights
Ireland could follow the UK's lead and exonerate gay men later this year, Órla Ryan reports A working group is set to submit a progress report to the Justice Minister this month and its final report later this year Hundreds of gay men were convicted under laws later repealed when homosexuality was decriminalised in 1993
# decriminalisation - Sunday 23 May, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
Many groups have long called for drug use to be addressed as a social and health issue, rather than as a criminal justice issue.
# decriminalisation - Friday 11 December, 2020
# Buenos Aires
# Buenos Aires
The legislation faces an uphill battle in the Senate, which rejected a similar bill two years ago.
# decriminalisation - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
Dr Austin O’Carroll says decriminalisation would be a way of taking responsibility for the vicious effects of inequality.
# decriminalisation - Friday 7 February, 2020
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
We’ve asked the parties their stance on topics such as decriminalisation and how they would tackle drug-related crime.
# decriminalisation - Saturday 9 November, 2019
# Column
# Column
We should decriminalise possession of drugs for personal use, writes independent senator Lynn Ruane.
# decriminalisation - Monday 27 May, 2019
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
The claim was made earlier this week by GP Dr Ray Walley in debate on cannabis legalisation.
# decriminalisation - Saturday 15 December, 2018
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
McMahon lost his brother John to a drug overdose in 2012.
# decriminalisation - Monday 8 October, 2018
# Practical Solutions
# Practical Solutions
Reasonable threshold limits and supportive sanctions should form part of a decriminalisation process, a new study argues.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Dr Nuno Capaz of the Lisbon Drug Addiction Dissuasion Commission gives his view on the drug policy debate.
# decriminalisation - Friday 14 September, 2018
# Drug Prevalence
# Drug Prevalence
Levels of drug use in Ireland have increased in recent years.
# decriminalisation - Saturday 23 June, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin thinks the move would save lives.
# decriminalisation - Tuesday 19 June, 2018
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
A motion before the Dáil this evening will acknowledge the harm caused by historical criminal laws.
# decriminalisation - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
# Top Garda
# Top Garda
After 40 years in the force, Jack Nolan said it would be difficult to claim there are less drugs available now.
# decriminalisation - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
# Anniversary
# Anniversary
Ireland officially passed legislation which finally decriminalised homosexuality on 24 June 1993.
# decriminalisation - Sunday 10 June, 2018
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
A town hall meeting will be held this week in Dublin on the subject of looking into a health-led approach towards drug use in Ireland.
# decriminalisation - Monday 16 April, 2018
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
The party is proposing that criminal offences be removed for people possessing less than five grams of cannabis.
# decriminalisation - Friday 1 December, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
A new working group has been formed to look into alternative approaches to the possession of drugs for personal use.
# decriminalisation - Saturday 13 May, 2017
# Chaotic Life
# Chaotic Life
What’s the day-to-day experience like for people injecting drugs in the city?
# decriminalisation - Monday 8 May, 2017
# Illicit Drugs
# Illicit Drugs
The idea of decriminalising drugs – once considered taboo – has been gaining support in recent years.
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
I am delighted to see this government’s commitment to properly evaluate how decriminalisation could work in an Irish context, writes Dr John Collins.
# decriminalisation - Monday 6 March, 2017
# Moving Forward
# Moving Forward
First time users will now be hit with a €255 fine instead of a conviction.
# decriminalisation - Wednesday 3 August, 2016
# Obama Clementia
# Obama Clementia
US president has now commuted 562 sentences, more than the previous nine presidents combined.
# decriminalisation - Friday 15 July, 2016
# Decriminalisation
# Decriminalisation
Major new study says jails hothouse infectious diseases, which are then passed on to the wider community.
# decriminalisation - Sunday 27 March, 2016
# Drugs
# Drugs
The warning has come from the outgoing Drugs Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin.
# decriminalisation - Saturday 13 February, 2016
# Drug Use
# Drug Use
Could Ireland go down the Portuguese route?
# decriminalisation - Thursday 5 November, 2015
# Portuguese Model
# Portuguese Model
The government is considering decriminalising the possession of a small amount of drugs like heroin, cannabis and cocaine.
# decriminalisation - Monday 2 November, 2015
# Portuguese Model
# Portuguese Model
The minister cited Portugal’s approach to drugs as a possible model for Ireland.
# decriminalisation - Sunday 16 August, 2015
# Policy Change
# Policy Change
Help Not Harm wants Ireland to treat the issue of drugs as a health issue.
# decriminalisation - Tuesday 11 August, 2015
# Sex Workers
# Sex Workers
An expert has proposed the controversial idea.
# decriminalisation - Saturday 8 August, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
In the debate over criminalisation, sex workers’ voices are all too often drowned out.
# decriminalisation - Wednesday 3 June, 2015
# decriminalisation - Sunday 19 January, 2014
# Drug Problems
# Drug Problems
Being a magazine vendor is, according to the owners, the “best alternative to (giving fellatio) on the street”.
# decriminalisation - Sunday 27 October, 2013
# Drugs
# Drugs
Dr Cathal Ó Súilleabháin says decriminalisation would combat crime, make the drug safer and allow for research.
# decriminalisation - Monday 24 June, 2013
# Homosexuality
# Homosexuality
Paul McGrath of Fine Gael at the time spoke against the bill and said he was concerned what impact it would have on society as a whole.
# I Saw The Sign
From The Daily Edge
# I Saw The Sign
Homosexuality was decriminalised twenty years ago today.
# Equality
# Equality
It took a 16-year legal battle to remove the Victorian laws from Ireland’s statutebook which criminalised sexual acts between men.
# decriminalisation - Monday 10 December, 2012
# War On Drugs
# War On Drugs
A new report by MPs wants drug laws overhauled – and retailers of ‘legal highs’ to be held liable for any harm the products cause.
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