The proportion is highest among inmates in the women’s prison at the Mountjoy campus, where 40 per cent of prisoners are receiving methadone or a similar drug

The use of opioids has increased by around 25 per cent in Ireland

The Ireland-based company initiated proceedings after reaching a debt reduction deal that would cut $1 billion from the amount it owes to victims of the opioid crisis

Walmart is suing the US government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis.