Repair works on a section of rail line in Dublin were delayed for several months last year because the number of discarded syringes in the area made it impossible to carry out the job. The work eventually took place in mid-December after vegetation and a hoarding was removed and after Irish Rail liaised with a nearby addiction clinic. ReplaceThe minutes of the September meeting said an Irish Rail representative “stated that he has to replace a stretch of rail line at the lock-keeper’s cottage. However, there are a huge amount of syringes in the area which makes it very difficult to carry out the work. An Irish Rail spokesman told The Irish Times that “vegetation was removed from the areas and a hoarding that drug users were sheltering behind was removed and replaced with fencing, that makes the area more open.

Source: The Irish Times March 20, 2018 00:00 UTC