Dublin City North Volunteering Center is organising a clean-up of the Royal Canal on Saturday, 18th of May, at 11am. Meet at Crossguns Bridge on Phibsboro Road. Gloves, bags and litter-pickers will be provided for everybody. They plan to work from 11am to 1pm to collect as much litter as we can from the canal way. So if you can spare some time to to help out please come along. Mary

New National Drugs Strategy
Minister for Drugs Jennifer Murnane O’Connor recently updated me in Seanad Eireann on the new national drugs strategy. Her new strategy is designed to respond to the significant changes in drug-use patterns in Ireland and to ensure equitable access to services across the country. The draft strategy proposes five strategic



