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Some key documents

(2025) Barriers to social inclusion in Ireland: change over time and space, 2016-2022. Dublin: ESRI.

(2025) Deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland, 2021. Dublin: Health Research Board

(2025) The role of prejudice and prior contact in support for evidence-based interventions to reduce drug-related deaths: a mixed methods study. Drug Science, Policy and Law

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

(2025) DRIVE National awareness campaign 2025 [Website] DRIVE (Drug Related Intimidation & Violence Engagement)

(2024) The experience of drug-related client loss for healthcare professionals who support people in addiction. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment

(2023) Pathways to social work. Surveying the motivations & challenges in becoming a social worker. Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

(2023) Characteristics of affected family members seeking treatment in their own right: a secondary analysis of existing Irish health data for 2010–2020. Drugs: Education Prevention and Policy

(2023) FASDcare: understanding the experiences and needs of family caregivers of people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in Ireland. Alcohol Forum Ireland

(2022) Social work and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Iriss Insights

(2022) Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers. Journal of Social Work

Resource: Ireland, Addiction treatment services map

See also our social issues page and family & young people page

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