No bail for headshop-accused in govt proposals

The Government's crackdown on headshops is to include a provision to allow bail be refused to suspects.

The Government's crackdown on headshops is to include a provision to allow bail be refused to suspects.

New laws - banning all psychoactive substances - is being rushed through the Oireachtas.

They're going through the Seanad this afternoon, where the Justice Minister says he'll categorise the offences as "serious" to allow for the refusal of bail.

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