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#Merchants Quay Ireland
# merchants-quay-ireland - Sunday 2 February, 2020
'A forward step': Former Assistant Garda Commissioner on Ireland's first supervised injecting facility
Merchants Quay Ireland’s facility is due to open in 2021.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Tuesday 24 December, 2019
'This will save lives': Planning permission granted for Ireland's first injecting centre
The charity was refused planning permission by Dublin City Council in July.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Monday 28 October, 2019
'A dictatorship': Deputy Lord Mayor slams Simon Harris over comments on planning refusal for injection centre
The Health Minister said he was delighted that Merchants Quay Ireland was appealing the council’s decision.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Thursday 24 October, 2019
'It’s terrifying rough sleeping. I stay up all night, lying in a doorway'
Merchants Quay Ireland is launching its 2018 annual report today.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Monday 26 August, 2019
Planning permission refusal for Ireland's first injecting centre branded 'reprehensible'
Merchants Quay Ireland has appealed against the decision by Dublin City Council.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 26 July, 2019
Dublin City Council refuses planning permission for Ireland's first injecting centre
The Council gave its decision yesterday.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Thursday 4 July, 2019
Gardaí refuse to provide policing plan needed for injecting centre until planning permission is granted
Merchants Quay Ireland applied to Dublin City Council for planning permission for the centre last year.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 14 June, 2019
'I'd be dead, simple as that': Homeless people with mental health difficulties treated 'every day' at Merchants Quay
Merchants Quay said the research shows that homelessness can have a profound and long-lasting effect on a person’s mental health.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Thursday 9 May, 2019
Dublin's first injecting centre delayed further as Merchants Quay needs more time to address planning concerns
The centre aims to provide a safe, clean environment for people to inject drugs.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Tuesday 23 April, 2019
The Explainer: Why haven't any supervised drug injection centres opened in Ireland?
A pilot scheme is due to open in Dublin city centre, but the process is stuck in planning permission limbo.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Sunday 31 March, 2019
'I owe this place my life': Inside Dublin's only charity offering free hot Sunday dinners to the homeless
TheJournal.ie spent a morning last week at Merchant’s Quay Ireland’s Sunday service.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Saturday 16 March, 2019
'We've seen people die, people beaten up horrifically': This primary school doesn't want an injecting centre 300m from its front door
A plan to open a medically supervised injecting facility has been met with fierce local opposition.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 8 March, 2019
736 people died directly as a result of drugs in 2016
Of the total number, 549 were male and 187 were female.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Thursday 7 March, 2019
'We are seeing people who have a home, but they can’t afford the heating or the food to cook'
Merchants Quay Ireland has issued an urgent appeal for funding for its Sunday dinner service.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Saturday 15 December, 2018
Planned supervised injection centre may not open in 2019, new Merchants Quay CEO says
A total of 99 objections were lodged against Merchant Quay Ireland’s plans for the centre.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Tuesday 4 December, 2018
Further delay for Dublin's injection centre as concerns raised on 'over-concentration' of services in area
A note from city council planners said a detailed policing plan was also required for the site at Merchants Quay.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Saturday 29 September, 2018
'I started taking drugs when I was 12 ... it was just seen as a cool thing to do'
TheJournal.ie spent a morning this week at Merchant’s Quay Ireland, which provides assistance to homeless people and drug users in Dublin.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 14 September, 2018
Homeless and addiction charity says 'Ireland is facing a deepening social crisis'
Merchants Quay chief: “It’s an understatement at this point to say we have a homelessness crisis”
# merchants-quay-ireland - Sunday 22 July, 2018
High uptake of sterile crack pipes in response to surge in use of drug in Dublin
There has been an increase in use of the drug since the start of last year.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Monday 4 June, 2018
Crack-cocaine use surging in Dublin city centre
Dealers began offering smaller, cheaper bags of the drug from last summer.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Tuesday 29 May, 2018
Cannabis now the most-used substance in new cases of problem drug use
There has also been an increase in the number of people who are homeless seeking treatment.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 8 September, 2017
'I used to have to wash myself in a bookies every morning because there would be needles all over the hostel'
Merchant’s Quay Ireland is launching its annual review for 2016 today.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Thursday 8 December, 2016
Temple Bar tattoo parlour defends sprinkler system to deter rough sleepers
The business said its intention was not to cause harm to anyone.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Sunday 14 August, 2016
"When I was 15 I found €3,500 worth of heroin on the ground... and that was it for me"
We spent an afternoon at Merchant’s Quay Ireland, which provides assistance to drug users in Dublin.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Thursday 5 March, 2015
Skunk is becoming more and more of a problem in Ireland - it is not 'simply cannabis'
Immediate action is needed to tackle the issue, drug campaigners say.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 12 September, 2014
Has homelessness become acceptable?
Merchants Quay Ireland has published its annual review.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 6 September, 2013
Drug use outside Dublin continues to grow, says report
Merchants Quay Ireland’s annual report also shows that there were 558 new users to their Dublin needle exchange service.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Tuesday 28 May, 2013
Supervised 'injecting centres' could help drug addicts - report
Merchants Quay Ireland has called for new approaches to respond to intravenous drug users in Dublin city centre for the benefit of drug users and the wider community.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
My Christmas Day: ‘It’s just another day on the street for me’
‘Mike’ has no home to go to this Christmas. He describes what life is like on the streets – and how common death is.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 14 September, 2012
The 9 at 9: Friday
Good morning! Here are nine things you need to know as you start your day…
# merchants-quay-ireland - Sunday 25 December, 2011
Column: What it’s like to be homeless over Christmas
Kenneth spent last Christmas without a home. He describes what it’s like on the streets, and his plans for the future.
# merchants-quay-ireland - Friday 30 September, 2011
Ireland's drug problem continues to grow outside of Dublin
Merchants Quay Ireland, a charity working with homeless people and drug users, say there has been a big jump in demand for their services.
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IT’S A WEEK since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world by HSE CEO Paul Reid.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day.
A week on from its launch, we’re asking: Are you using the Covid-19 contact tracing app?
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