News

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...

14 Sep 2018

MQI’s Annual Review 2017 has landed

MQI are delighted to announce that our 2017 Annual Review has been launched. Our Annual Review was launched by Minister of State for Health Promotion and the National Drugs...

18 May 2018

Merchants Quay Ireland hosts film festival

Merchants Quay Ireland hosts film festival The red carpet came to Merchants Quay Ireland as the Riverbank centre played host to a special screening of the science fiction classic,...

26 Apr 2018

HSE announce MQI as the preferred operator of Ireland’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Facility

HSE announce MQI as the preferred operator of Ireland’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Facility On the 16th February, MQI was announced as the preferred operator of Ireland’s first Medically...

24 Apr 2018

Springtime Wishlist

MQI are looking for items to help restock the Riverbank Open Access Centre.