Shocking Revelation: Children As Young as Seven Being Used as Drug Mules in Drogheda - 29/01/2026

Children as young as seven years of age are being used as drug mules in Drogheda.The shock revelation was made by Fine Gael TD Paula Butterly who was informed of the problem by a number of teachers in the locality.She said: "Following on from engagement with a number of schools in Drogheda, I have growing concerns that increasingly children as young as seven are being used as drug mules and as young as 10 to engage in drug pushing.It is understood when teachers went to one house to find out what exactly was going on they found the mother, an addict, like a zombie in bed.Other children in the area were being used to deliver drugs in their school bags so the Gardai wouldn't discover them.Deputy Butterly joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.