News

07 Jul 2020

Going Back for the Ones Left Behind

Bringing comfort to where they lie Merchants Quay Ireland’s Assertive Outreach team walk the streets and parks of Dublin city centre every morning to check on people who’ve slept...

18 Mar 2020

COVID-19 Update to Services

COVID-19 Update to Services We are passionately working to safeguard our clients and staff. At the moment, this means reviewing our services on a daily basis. The updates to...

03 Mar 2020

Exploring the lived experience of addiction: A photovoice project

Exploring the lived experience of addiction: A photovoice project Dr Maria Quinlan is a sociologist who specialises in the use of creative, person-centred research methods that aim to facilitate...

20 Dec 2019

Client blog: Homeless at Christmas

Client blog: Homeless at Christmas This blog post comes directly from a Merchants Quay Ireland Homeless Services client who asked to remain anonymous. Christmas is supposed to be spent...

07 Nov 2019

50% increase in cases seeking cocaine treatment – Merchants Quay Ireland response

50% increase in cases seeking cocaine treatment – Merchants Quay Ireland response Merchants Quay Ireland, the national homeless and addiction charity, has said that the latest drug treatment...

25 Oct 2019

Merchants Quay Ireland launches Annual Review 2018

Merchants Quay Ireland launches Annual Review 2018 Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI) is delighted to announce that our Annual Review was launched by Minister for Health Simon Harris TD on...

24 Oct 2019

“By every measure, the homeless crisis is worsening” – Merchants Quay Ireland launches 2018 Annual Review

“By every measure, the homeless crisis is worsening” – Merchants Quay Ireland launches 2018 Annual Review By every measure, the homelessness and addiction crisis is worsening, Merchants Quay Ireland...

06 Sep 2019

Supporting parents who use substances: Are the children to remain unseen and not heard?

Supporting parents who use substances: Are the children to remain unseen and not heard? Catherine Comiskey is a Professor in Healthcare Statistics at the School of Nursing and Midwifery,...

13 Aug 2019

Stop the Stigma – A community campaign

Stop the Stigma – A community campaign Anna Quigley is a Co-ordinator of CityWide and acts as the community sector representative on a number of national bodies. This week...

05 Apr 2019

Mental Health, Addiction and Trauma

Mental Health, Addiction and Trauma | Dr Sharon Lambert Dr Sharon Lambert, Applied Psychology, University College Cork Sharon Lambert joined the school of Applied Psychology in 2015 following...

22 Feb 2019

Interview: Dr. Clíona Ní Chealliagh on inclusion medicine for people who are homeless

Dr Clíona Ni Cheallaigh is consultant and clinical lead for the Inclusion Health research service at St James’s Hospital, Dublin. Her work focuses on ensuring that people who are...

08 Oct 2018

Merchants Quay Ireland submit planning application for Medically Supervised Injecting Facility

Merchants Quay Ireland submit planning application for Medically Supervised Injecting Facility Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI) have today submitted a planning application to Dublin City Council for Ireland’s first Medically...