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09 Sep 2021
The Need for Gender Specific Services for Women Experiencing Homelessness and Addiction

The Need for Gender Specific Services for Women Experiencing Homelessness and Addiction   Our briefing paper A Space of Her Own: The Need for Gender Specific Services for Women...

27 Nov 2020
Women in homelessness facing complex challenges, and need the right supports – Merchants Quay Ireland

Women in homelessness facing complex challenges, and need the right supports – Merchants Quay Ireland   The webinar, Responding to the Complex Needs of Women who use Substances- Women and...

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...

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...

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