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Connor Lynch

212 empty pairs of shoes to be placed at Stormont to highlight impact of drug deaths and addiction in Northern Ireland

A demonstration at Stormont will see 212 empty pairs of shoes placed on its steps in order to highlight the impact of drug related deaths and addiction in Northern Ireland.

The People's Kitchen is asking people to join them at the gates of Stormont ahead of the demonstration on Saturday, June 17, at 3pm, as it calls for more support to be made available to tackle the "crisis" of addiction that has taken the lives of hundreds.

The most recent government statistics show that there were 212 drug related deaths in Northern Ireland in 2021.

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