“I’m respected and liked by people in the community. I never had that before." 

Dublin's North inner area has the highest average number and shortest distance to an off-license per CMHF. The average distance to the closest bookmaker per facility is 590 meters.

The SALT programme aims to promote the regulation of sexual behaviour while eliminating any resulting internalised shame or isolation.

It's too early yet to see the real benefits of minimum unit alcohol pricing, addiction experts tell Ellen O'Regan, but it's the first step in the right direction

The actor has opened up on the substance abuse and alcohol issues that have dogged his career in a new autobiography.

The SEI Impact Programme identifies high-potential social entrepreneurs and supports them with funding and mentoring. 

Tabor Group clinical director Mick Devine said the organisation completed more than 300 initial assessments and admitted more than 200 people last year to its two treatment service centres.

Children as young as age 8 have been exposed. 

Tom shared his story as new services for problem gamblers are being rolled out in Cork.

Help will now be available at Carrigtwohill Family Resource Centre in East Cork for those suffering from gambling addictions.

As a study finds lockdown has led to higher rates of drinking at home, Lauren Taylor asks experts how to spot if we have a problem

Minimum unit pricing, which comes into effect from today, sets a floor price beneath which alcohol cannot legally be sold and will target products that are cheap relative to their strength.

On ‘The Two Norries’ podcast, James Leonard and Timmy Long discuss trauma, addiction, rehabilitation, and the inspiring people they have interviewed. They have been signed to industry giant Acast, their live show goes on the road in the new year, and the two have become respected social commentators. They talk to Donal O’Keeffe

Cork Sports Partnership is set to roll out an eight-week physical activity programme to support people going through recovery.

“I started to realise that I had worth and ambition and I could achieve, which I never believed before.”

CORK TD Thomas Gould is pledging to bring legislation before the Dáil to ban the use of credit cards in gambling. The Sinn Féin Cork North Central TD made the promise in launching his party’s gambling policy today.

A CORK man has said that he is refusing to become yet another victim of Cork’s heroin epidemic following a series of prison sentences for minor crimes.

ADDICTION has been approached for too long as a criminal issue instead of a health issue with wider community impact.

FIVE new community-based hubs for drug and alcohol addiction treatment will be created in Cork in the coming months.

Concerns have been raised about waiting times for addiction treatment in Cork, following the news that dozens of people have had to wait for more than a month to get treatment at a Cork treatment centre in the last two years.

A €1 MILLION stepping stone drug and alcohol stabilisation service for the south of the country will be opened in Cork in the autumn. The project will be for chaotic addicts who need immediate help ahead of accessing residential treatment.

A CORK GP has witnessed an increase in alcohol-related patient visits to the practiceDr John Sheehan of Blackpool Bridge Surgery there was “certainly more alcohol use during the pandemic” and that people being home meant they didn’t have to drive to ...

I LOST my values, my morals, my dignity, my self-respect, my confidence, my mental wellbeing, my financial independence, my integrity, property, people’s trust, friends and family — but, most of all, I lost myself.

THE new head of a taskforce set up to tackle mental health and addiction issues of prisoners says the group will “ensure that people who find themselves in the care of the State through the criminal justice system will get the services they deserve”.

A 37-year-old woman who is almost three months pregnant has spoken about her experience of being homeless on the streets of Cork. Lisa, who is a drug addict, started smoking cannabis when she was just 16, before moving onto class A drugs.

New figures show alcohol consumption has not fallen in line with pub closures in Ireland. John Bohane find out why Irish people are still battling alcohol issues in lockdown

PEOPLE in Cork city and county have been seeking treatment to cope with addictions caused by the stresses of living with lockdown and the Covid-19 pandemic. Level 5 Covid restrictions are set to be reviewed in the next couple of weeks.

Sarah Horgan hears how advertising and work-based pressure are leading people towards damaging addictions, such as betting and cocaine.

A CORK TD has criticised the government for not making dual diagnosis of mental health issues and addiction a priority.

Sinn Féin spokesperson for Addiction and Cork TD Thomas Gould TD together with party spokesperson on Mental Health, Mark Ward TD have introduced the Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door Bill 2021 to help those battling mental health issues and addiction.

TABOR Lodge will maintain a phone support service for addicts during the Christmas season, because of an increase in demand resulting from the pandemic.

A Garda Sergeant prosecuting a case against a Ballincollig man who was rescued from sleeping rough on the streets of Birmingham by his father testified today that he had rarely witnessed such a positive transformation by anyone.

RECOVERING addicts, gamblers and alcoholics are turning to social media apps including WhatsApp and Zoom because support meetings have had to be cancelled.