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# Health Research Board

This year
2024
HRB: Evidence to support medicinal cannabis use for most conditions is 'inconsistent at best'
23 Jan
8.2k
22
Ten people experiencing homelessness died per month in 2020, new data shows
15 hrs ago
14.5k
31
Last year
2023
Citizens’ assembly chair says urgent step change in approach to drug use is needed
25 Jun 2023
11.0k
68
Cocaine overtakes opiates to become Ireland's 'most common' problem drug
20 Jun 2023
16.0k
80
All time
More than three-fold increase in number of children being admitted for eating disorders
5 Oct 2022
7.8k
6
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder 'may be detectable years before illnesses begin'
8 Sep 2022
25.1k
11
'Tipping point': Surge in cocaine use in Ireland as it overtakes heroin as main problem drug
13 Jun 2022
25.1k
48
Report finds one in three young drinkers in Ireland have an alcohol use disorder
8 Jun 2022
27.3k
40
More people are using cocaine and ecstasy, but slightly fewer are using cannabis
1 Jul 2021
15.0k
12
People in Ireland drink, on average, the equivalent of 40 bottles of vodka a year
15 Apr 2021
44.7k
103
Adolescents who use e-cigarettes three-to-five times more likely to start smoking, new review says
12 Oct 2020
12.4k
35
7,500 cases of problem alcohol use were treated in Ireland last year, with an increase in cases involving cocaine
28 Jul 2020
11.6k
7
Many Irish people 'may be in denial' about the amount of alcohol they drink
24 Jul 2020
63.4k
82
Children being admitted to psychiatric units increases by a fifth, from 408 to 497
16 Jul 2020
12.0k
3
Treatment for problem use of cocaine has tripled since 2013
9 Jul 2020
14.5k
24
Almost 800 people died from drug use in 2017, new figures show
12 Dec 2019
10.4k
33
Nearly 55,000 cases of problem alcohol use treated in Ireland over seven years
19 Nov 2019
10.2k
12
Older people, men and those in rural areas at higher risk of dying in residential fires, report finds
16 Oct 2019
4.3k
5
A third of children admitted to psychiatric units in 2018 had depression
4 Jul 2019
9.7k
37
736 people died directly as a result of drugs in 2016
8 Mar 2019
10.5k
49
There are at least 40,000 problem gamblers in Ireland
27 Feb 2019
12.7k
27
Research shows 21 people a day seek treatment for problematic alcohol use
1 Sep 2018
11.9k
27
Two people died every day in 2015 over drug use with alcohol the number one drug
12 Dec 2017
13.4k
23
The average person in alcohol treatment in Ireland is 41, male and started drinking at 16
3 Jul 2017
16.3k
20
The number of people seeking treatment over cocaine use at highest since 2010
11 May 2017
12.3k
49
Drug-related deaths: 62% increase in fatalities over ten-year period
13 Dec 2016
6.4k
29
Girls make up vast majority of young people seeking psychiatric help for eating disorders
23 Jul 2016
14.6k
68
'It's like a death': Divorced people are at higher risk of psychiatric illness in Ireland
22 Jul 2016
21.1k
32
These counties have the highest numbers of people treated for alcohol abuse
10 Jun 2015
25.5k
34
Could magic mushrooms be used to treat pneumonia patients?
29 Oct 2014
12.7k
31
Irish cancer study reaches 'the Oscars of the radiation oncology world'
16 Sep 2014
7.9k
4
Don't know how to help grandparents with dementia? Ask them about the olden days
4 Sep 2014
9.5k
10
The county with the most people seeking treatment for alcohol abuse? Waterford
2 Apr 2014
12.4k
25
One person dies from a drug overdose every day in Ireland
22 Jan 2014
21.7k
149
Intervention to change unhealthy behaviour could save Irish lives
8 Jan 2014
15.1k
48
Irish researcher tells why lack of sleep is bad for the heart
4 Jan 2014
34.2k
38
Study of Irish babies notes impact of even mild lack of oxygen at birth
31 Dec 2013
15.0k
10
Breast cancer patients who stop oral hormone therapy at threefold risk of recurrence
26 Dec 2013
5.9k
5
Trial sees volunteers befriend mental health service users
25 Dec 2013
5.1k
3
€1.5 million research investment into healthcare quality and patient safety
24 May 2013
3.6k
13
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