The four syringes found in the Hillview/O’Hanlon Park area
Concern has been expressed after four used syringes were found in a local housing estate in recent days.
A resident of the Hillview estate, near O’Hanlon Park and Ice House Hill, came across the needles while out walking with his children.
The man told LMFM that it was fortunate that his four year old didn’t come across the syringes before he did.
He said: “Luckily the wee fella, who is only four years of age, I had him behind me. If he had been in front of me he would have come across it whereas the other fella, who is 13 he was in front of me and he saw another two needless lying along a ditch.
“Plus when we were coming around by my house there was a needle lying in the gutter so that was four needles.”
Local councillors have been made aware of the issue and have expressed their concerns. Cllr Edel Corrigan told Michael Reade on LMFM’s Loose Talk programme this morning that it had been an ongoing issue where needles and other drug use kits had been discarded around the town area, particularly in the Hillview/O’Hanlon Park area.
She said it was important to educate and prevent this from happening in the future through the Needle Exchange Programme.
People are asked to be vigilant of such items throughout the town following a recent incident in Cork, which required a five year old boy to require treatment after being pricked by a used syringe in a playground.
