Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI) launched its Annual Review 2004 on 16 September 2005. According to the report, the services provide creative and innovative responses to drug use and homelessness in Ireland. The organisation estimated that there are 2,009 homeless drug users in Ireland. A comprehensive set of drug services is provided to drug users through MQI, ranging from needle exchange to reintegration programmes. The numbers of drug users who received services through these programmes in 2004 are presented in the table below.

MQI completed two important research projects ‘Drug use among the homeless population in Ireland’ and ‘Drug use among new communities in Ireland’ in 2004; the results of these projects were published in 2005 and were covered in issue 14 of Drugnet Ireland.