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Crime solving agency sounds warning over 'rising threat' of synthetic opioid drugs in 2024

Crime solving agency sounds warning over 'rising threat' of synthetic opioid drugs in 2024

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

Between 2022 and 2023, FSI identified several Nitazene (synthetic opioids) variants in small seizures of tablets and powders.

What is nitazene? The synthetic opioid linked to Portlaoise Prison overdoses

What is nitazene? The synthetic opioid linked to Portlaoise Prison overdoses

Wed, 14 Aug, 2024

The 10 suspected overdoses by people at Portlaoise Prison have been linked to a synthetic opioid known as nitazene

Suspected overdoses at Portlaoise Prison ‘probably due to synthetic opioids’

Suspected overdoses at Portlaoise Prison ‘probably due to synthetic opioids’

Wed, 14 Aug, 2024

Detective Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland said nitazene had been responsible for ‘multiple overdoses’ in recent months.

Prison Service issues alert over 'lethal' nitazene drugs linked to prison overdoses

Prison Service issues alert over 'lethal' nitazene drugs linked to prison overdoses

Thu, 18 Jul, 2024

The Irish Prison Service said analysis conducted by the HSE confirmed the presence of a nitazene-type substance

HSE issues warning to heroin users following cluster of overdoses in Dublin

Nitazene found in heroin sample as overdose cases rise to 54

Sun, 12 Nov, 2023

A second sample of heroin associated with overdose clusters in Dublin has been found to include traces of nitazene