Cover story

• Alcohol: availability, affordability, related harm, and policy in Ireland p.01

Policy and legislation

• Civil society involvement in the field of drug policy p.05
• The Harm Done: Community and Drugs in Dublin p.08
• A spatial examination of alcohol availability and the level of disadvantage of schools in Ireland p.13
• New Minister for National Drugs Strategy p.15

Recent research

• Trends in gabapentinoid prescribing, law enforcement, drug seizures, and postmortem toxicology in Ireland, 2010–2020 p.16
• Suicide risk following hospital attendance with self-harm: a national cohort study in Ireland p.19
• Prevalence and current situation Adolescent Addiction Service report, 2024 p.21
• National Self-Harm Registry Ireland annual report, 2021 p.23
• Merchants Quay Ireland annual review, 2022 p.25
• Irish Prison Service drugs strategy, 2023–2026 p.28 

Responses

• Alcohol Liaison Service at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin p.30
• Seeing in the years – alcohol attitudes and behaviours in Ballymun, 2011–2023 p.32 

Updates

• Recent publications p.35