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Rory Lynskey

Cocaine residue found in numerous Dublin landmarks including National History Museum

Several of Dublin's most famous landmarks have tested positive for cocaine residue, including the iconic National History Museum.

Samples were taken from bars and buildings in the capital using special cocaine-detecting wipes.

The wipe changes to a blue colour if cocaine traces are present.

A team from Newstalk Breakfast tested toilets in 15 bars and five public buildings in the capital for the substance.

The cistern, toilet lid, toilet roll holder and any shelves in the toilet were tested.

Of all the bars tested, ten were found to have traces of cocaine - amounting to 67%.

According to the report, all of the results varied in strength, with some of the places only showing up small blue dots on the sheets.

However, others had a huge amount on the sheet.

Trinity College Dublin and the GPO were amongst those to not show any residue in the samples.

However, the GPO has no public toilets, so samples were taken from a number of public desks.

No cocaine was detected in a Government department building that was also tested.

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