{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/697b30fe98c18d8bdbb677b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Shocking Revelation: Children As Young as Seven Being Used as Drug Mules in Drogheda - 29/01/2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/1769681242579-9fff8876-0f88-4238-b74d-65e35a2d96f4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Children as young as seven years of age are being used as drug mules in Drogheda.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Other children in the area were being used to deliver drugs in their school bags so the Gardai wouldn't discover them.</p><p><br></p><p>Deputy Butterly joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about this.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}