Medical professionals will oversee the injection of drugs for addicts.
Planning permission has been granted for a drug injection facility on Merchant's Quay by An Bord Pleanála.
Initially, it will operate for 18 months, on a trial basis, at the existing Merchant's Quay offices.
According to the Examiner, the service will be reviewed after this period.
Dr. Garret McGovern, a GP specializing in addiction medicine at Priority Medical, says it'll provide much-needed support;
"In short, it will allow people, without stigma, to be able to go to a centre with trained staff, to be able to be given clean, good works, to be able to inject drugs. Those staff will also be trained in dealing with things like overdose...and also those staff will be able to give them other advice and link them in with services."
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