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New details revealed about fundraiser in Newbridge, Kildare, pub

New details have been confirmed about a fundraiser in a pub located in the town of Newbridge. It follows after the pub said in a social media post that it had been contacted by a woman who alleges she was spiked at the venue on March 12. Management ...

08 Apr 2022 at 20:33

Spiking could be made a specific criminal offence – Patel

The Government is looking into making spiking a specific criminal offence, MPs have been told. Home Secretary Priti Patel said spiking is a new and “appalling” trend and has asked officials to look at how the Government can prepare an offence that ...

02 Feb 2022 at 12:25

New working group formed to stamp out ‘heinous’ spiking attacks on students

A new working group will be set up to stamp out the “heinous” issue of spiking at universities, the Government announced today. The group will bring together vice-chancellors, police, campaigners and victims to create plans for practical steps to ...

24 May 2022 at 15:00

Home

Drink-spiking awareness campaign for Kildare

The Safer Communities programme of the South Western Regional Drugs & Alcohol Task Force (SWRD&ATF) teamed up with Maynooth University Student Support services, Maynooth Community Council and local Gardaí to reconnect with the 2022 drink-spiking ...

12 Dec 2022 at 17:33

Labour would make spiking a specific offence, says Starmer

Labour would make spiking a specific offence, Sir Keir Starmer has said, following cross-party support and calls from campaigners to toughen the law on violence against women and girls. The Opposition leader criticised the Government for ...

25 Apr 2023 at 11:37

As EastEnders puts drink spiking in the spotlight – signs someone has been a victim

Health & Wellbeing

EastEnders puts drink spiking in the spotlight – the signs someone has been a victim

Over the last few years, government ministers have called to make drink and needle spiking a special offence. It’s one of the reasons why EastEnders will air a storyline based on the growing epidemic around drink spiking on July 16. The ...

03 Jul 2024 at 11:31

Movies

Steven Spielberg and Missy Elliott receive top US honour in White House ceremony

Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns were among the recipients of National Medals of Arts, alongside singers Missy Elliott, Idina Menzel and Queen Latifah during a ceremony at the White House. US President Joe Biden ...

22 Oct 2024 at 02:25

New spiking offence aims to bring law up to date, minister says

Making spiking a specific offence is about making sure the law is up to date to deal with it as a crime, justice minister Alex Davies-Jones has said. Labour plans to make spiking a specific offence and has laid out plans for venue ...

25 Nov 2024 at 21:04

Home Secretary apologises for ‘ironic joke’ about spiking wife’s drink

Home Secretary James Cleverly joked about spiking his wife’s drink with a date rape drug in comments made at a Downing Street reception. Mr Cleverly’s unguarded remarks came just hours after his Home Office announced plans to ...

24 Dec 2023 at 14:32

Scotland

Police find no confirmed cases of spiking by injection in Scotland

There have been no identified cases of people being spiked by injection in Scotland, a senior police officer has said. Investigations were launched after a surge in reports from people claiming to have been spiked with ...

20 Jan 2022 at 18:55

Venues with bad track record on spiking ‘must improve to have licence renewed’

Bars and clubs with a bad track record on spiking should be required to improve if they are to have their licences renewed, MPs have said. Not enough is being done to support spiking victims and it will remain an ...

26 Apr 2022 at 01:25

World

Tourists hospitalised in Fiji not poisoned by alcohol or drugs, officials say

Seven foreign tourists who were hospitalised in Fiji after drinking cocktails at a resort bar were not poisoned by alcohol or illicit drugs, officials said following a toxicology report. The cause of the ...

18 Dec 2024 at 10:31

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