Quay Times: Summer Edition 2020

Quay Times: Winter Edition 2020

“For a time, to each person who passes through our door, you are like family to them. And you are, to us. Thank you for being our MQI family…”...

Ending the Silence & Stigma: Part 4 – “Starving on Our Streets”

Most people think of malnutrition as a sad problem common to developing countries or to parts of the world left in crisis from war, famine, or drought. But with...

Quay Times: Autumn Edition 2019

“MQI is a help – and a good help. This service means I can shower, shave, get food, and sleep for a few hours. People are just trying to...

Ending the Silence & Stigma: Part 3 – “The Saddest Family Secret.”

With nearly 20,000 opioid users now in Ireland, and many more who struggle daily with other kinds of addiction, where are the families? They are suffering, silently in the...

Quay Times: Summer Edition 2019

“Is there anything I want to say to MQI supporters? Yes. Because of you, High Park saved my life…”  ­– Adam, now drug-free and helping others in aftercare support

Ending the Silence & Stigma: Part 2– Ireland’s ‘Boxes of Despair’

Zoe Dillon’s eyes are bright with passion and intelligence as she describes her work as a mental health nurse at the frontlines of Ireland’s homelessness and drugs crisis. “I don’t...

Quay Times: Spring Edition 2019

“Begging is so degrading. I’m afraid someone from down home will see me. Then being told, ‘you don’t look homeless, you’re a fake.’ I hope one day I’ll be...

Ending the Silence & Stigma: Part 1: “Old Before Their Time”

CEO’s series investigating some of today’s toughest issues around homelessness and addiction

Quay Times: Winter Edition 2019

“Some of our homeless men and women haven’t eaten in days. Our supporters give up their hard-earned cash to get food in someone’s belly…”  ­– MQI’s Chef Dave

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Quay Times: Autumn Edition 2018

“Brian was homeless. Alone. Or so he thought, until he discovered that MQI supporters like you had made a way for a message to reach him…”