Some key documents

Ireland. National report - drugs chapter

(2025) Associations and mediating factors between adverse childhood experiences and substance use behaviours in early adulthood: a population-based longitudinal study. Addictive Behaviors

(2025) Longitudinal associations between childhood adversity and alcohol use behaviours in early adulthood: examining the mediating roles of parental and peer relationships. Child Abuse and Neglect; and Summary

(2025) Prevalence of problematic opioid use in Ireland, 2020–2022. Health Research Board

(2025) ESPAD Ireland 2024: results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs. ESPAD

(2024) Drug and Alcohol Trends Monitoring System (DATMS) 2023: year 8. Blanchardstown Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force

(2024) Alcohol: availability, affordability, related harm, and policy in Ireland. Health Research Board and summary

(2022) Alcohol and other drug use among children and young people in Ireland: prevalence, risk and protective factors, consequences, responses, and policies. Health Research Board

(2021) The 2019–20 Irish National Drug and Alcohol Survey: main findings. Health Research Board 

For research on drug use in Ireland, see our prevalence data page and our Irish regional data page

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