HRB National Drugs Library e-newsletter volume 21, issue 7

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Irish-related publications

Trends in cocaine use and cocaine-related harms in Ireland: a retrospective, multi-source database study

Mongan, Deirdre et al (2025) BMC Public Health, Early online. doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23224-y

National Drug Treatment Reporting System, 2024 alcohol treatment demand

Ní Luasa, Siobhán and O'Neill, Derek and O'Sullivan, Michael and Lyons, Suzi (2025) Dublin: Health Research Board

Drug use in Ireland 2023: findings from the Healthy Ireland survey

Ireland survey. Mongan, Deirdre and Millar, Seán R and Galvin, Brian (2025) Dublin: Health Research Board

National Psychiatric Inpatient Reporting System (NPIRS) annual report on the activities of Irish psychiatric units and hospitals, 2024

Daly, Antoinette and Lovett, Harriet and Lynn, Ena (2025) Dublin: Health Research Board

Evaluation of the National Drug Strategy “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025”

Grant Thornton. (2025) Dublin: Department of Health

Novel substance, same old problems: admissions of psychosis precipitated by hexahydrocannabinol, a widely available semi-synthetic cannabinoid

O'Mahony, Brian et al (2025) BJPsych Bulletin, pp. 1-6. 10.1192/bjb.2025.85

Canal Communities community based public safety strategy. Moving towards a public health approach to violence

Ruane, Lynn (2025) Dublin: Canal Communities Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force

Impact of guidance issued during COVID-19 to expand take-home doses of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in Ireland: protocol for a population-based analysis of prescribing practices and patient outcomes 2018 to 2023

Cousins, Gráinne et al (2025) HRB Open Research, 8. doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.14044.2

Irish health survey 2024

(2025) Cork: Central Statistics Office

Growing up in the west: Planet Youth reports 2025.

(2025) Galway: Western Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force.

Drogheda Implementation Plan: final progress report

(2025) Dublin: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Report to the Irish Government on the visit to Ireland carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture... from 21 to 31 May 2024

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (2025) Strasbourg: Council of Europe.

Expert analysis: alcohol and cancer

Neville, Breeda (2025) Alcohol Action Ireland blog

Review of the Evaluation of the National Drug Strategy “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025”

(2025) Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland

Mental health in the Irish LGBTQI+ population with disabilities: findings from the being LGBTQI+ in Ireland study

Higgins, Agnes et al (2025) Dublin: Trinity College Dublin

Room for recovery: housing hope after exploitation

(2025) Dublin: Ruhama

Bilateral watershed infarcts due to hypoperfusion in the context of drug abuse: case report

Redmond, Aine et al, Theodorοs (2025) International Journal of Neuroscience, 135, (7), pp. 822-826. doi.org/10.1080/00207454.2024.2333480

10% increase in women seeking treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in first quarter of 2025 [Coolmine interview].

Caufield, Joe (2025) Dublin: RTE

Parental mental health & the impact on children

(2025) Dublin: Barnardos

Effects of inducements on sports gambling and decision-errors: an experimental study

Ó Ceallaigh, Diarmaid et al (2025) Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 14, (2), pp. 959-971. doi.org/10.1556/2006.2025.00056

The problem gambling podcast 2025. [Video]

(2025) Extern Problem Gambling

Review of the Homeless Action Plan 2022 - 2024

Draft version. Bray, Andy et al (2025) Dublin: Dublin Region Homeless Executive

HSE Public Health: health inequalities position paper 2025

HSE Public Health. (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

HSE Corporate Plan 2025–2027

(2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Report of the committee on standing orders and Dáil reform. Orders of reference and establishment of committees. Adopted by the Committee 29 April 2025

Committee on Standing Orders and Dail Reform. (2025) Dublin: Houses of the Oireachtas

Thematic report on persistent income poverty and deprivation in Ireland. An analysis of the longitudinal Central Statistics Office (CSO) Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), 2015-2023.

Alamir, Anousheh and Maitre, Bertrand (2025) Dublin: Department of Social Protection

High Level Taskforce on Mental Health and Addiction – 2nd annual progress report (September 2023-2024)

High Level Taskforce Steering Committee. (2025) Dublin: Department of Health; Department of Justice.

HSE drugs and alcohol helpline and the HSE HIV and sexual health helpline annual report 2024

Dooley, Aileen (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Office of the State Pathologist annual report 2024

Office of the State Pathologist. (2025) Dublin: Department of Justice

Epidemiology of hepatitis B in Ireland: trends up to 2024

Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Epidemiology of hepatitis C in Ireland: trends from 2004 to 2024

Health Protection Surveillance Centre. (2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Monitoring community HIV testing in Ireland, 2023

(2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

Courts Service annual report 2024

(2025) Dublin: Courts Service

Recorded crime Q1 2025

(2025) Cork: Central Statistics Office

Health Service Executive annual report and financial statements 2024

(2025) Dublin: Health Service Executive

National Review Panel annual report 2024 [Prisons]

National Review Panel. (2025) Dublin: Tusla

Irish Cancer Society - pre-budget submission 2026

(2025) Dublin: Irish Cancer Society

The decline in the number of public houses 2005 to 2024

Foley, Anthony (2025) Dublin: Drinks Industry Group of Ireland

British-Irish Council annual report 2024/25

(2025) Edinburgh: British-Irish Council

Practitioner Health Matters Programme annual report 2024

(2025) Dublin: Practitioner Health Matters Programme

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