{"id":615775,"date":"2026-09-06T00:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T00:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/615775\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T00:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T00:16:13","slug":"crack-surge-sparks-daily-disorder-on-dublins-merchants-quay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/615775\/","title":{"rendered":"Crack surge sparks daily disorder on Dublin\u2019s Merchant\u2019s Quay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sharp rise in crack cocaine use is transforming the streets around Merchant\u2019s Quay, with frontline staff warning that the drug\u2019s volatility is spilling into the public realm.<\/p>\n<p>Crack cocaine has taken hold across Dublin\u2019s Inner City at a pace that workers say they have never seen before. Treatment demand is up 31 per cent over the past year and more than 900 per cent since 2017,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/podcasts\/in-the-news\/why-dublins-crack-cocaine-crisis-is-visible-on-the-streets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> according to staff<\/a>, who now issue thousands more crack pipes than before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This article is premium content<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Get unlimited access to Gript<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Support Gript and get exclusive content, full archives and an ad-free experience<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"v-btn v-btn--block v-btn--has-bg theme--light v-size--large accent mb-6\" href=\"https:\/\/gript.ie\/membership\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/gript.ie\/?memberful_endpoint=auth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sharp rise in crack cocaine use is transforming the streets around Merchant\u2019s Quay, with frontline staff warning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[261195,72,261196,15876,61,60,66931],"class_list":["post-615775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-900pc","tag-business","tag-crack-cocaine","tag-disorder","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-merchants-quay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}