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A total of 8,922 cases were treated for problem drug use in 2017. Opiates, mainly heroin, remain the most common drug reported among cases treated followed by cannabis, cocaine and benzodiazepines. A marked increase in cocaine cases was noted in 2017.

HRB Drug Treatment 2011 to 2017 press release

Drug treatment 2011 to 2017 Infographic, front page. Main statistics include 8,922 total number of cases treateed for problem drug use with 37% new cases and 59% previously treated cases.

The Minister for Health invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill two Board vacancies at the HRB.

Apply to be a HRB Board member

Minister for Health, Simon Harris, TD, has appointed 15 people to the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee (HRCDC).

Read - HRB Chief Executive comments

Latest alcohol treatment figures from the Health Research Board (HRB) show 55,675 cases were treated for problem alcohol use in Ireland between 2011 and 2017.

Read - Alcohol treatment press release

Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2011 ro 2017 infograhic. Thumbnail image, main statistic, 7,350 cases treated in 2017 for problem alcohol use

The Emerging Clinician Scientist Award is designed give people the opportunity to take the first step on an independent research career path.

This new scheme is part of a revised approach by the HRB to support a specific research career path for health and care practitioners.

New health research career paths

More than two people died each day in Ireland during 2016 as a result of poisoning, trauma or medical causes linked to drug use.

Read the drug-related deaths press release

Prescription drugs, cocktails of drugs and alcohol play significant roles in reported deaths.

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The HRB will invest €7.5 million in new research leaders over the next five years.

Read about the new Research Leaders in health call

Professor Mary McCarron wins the first HRB Impact Award for her pioneering research about the lives of people with intellectual disability.

Read - HRB Impact award press release

The cabinet has approved proposals for a Bill to support a mixed model national research ethics committee (REC) system.

Congratulations to Laura O'Sullivan from Cork who won the HRB special prize at this year's BT Young Scientists exhibition.

Darrin Morrissey presents Laura O'Sullivan with the HRB Special Prize at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2019.

The National Open Research Forum (NORF) in conjunction with the Royal Irish Academy, will host a meeting on Tuesday 22 January 2018 about Plan S - an EU wide initiative to make open access publishing a reality.

Read more - Open access Plan S

Plan S - making full and immediate open access a reality

'This outcome highlights the importance of having health professionals, who work within the health system, involved in research', says Darrin Morrissey, Chief Executive at the HRB.

Ireland's research funding agencies invested €752 million over five years in health-related research.

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Health research in ireland 2011 to 2015 graphs from the front cover

Health Research in Action is a selection of discoveries and new knowledge that has been generated through the work and activity of the Health Research Board.

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