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Drugs
Music
22 Jan 26
DJ Rory Boyee, aka Rory Stokes, releases new single ‘Hey Mister Boomerang’
Sex & Drugs
11 Dec 25
What's really going on with the global drug trade?
Opinion
05 Nov 25
Labour call for the decriminalisation of drug users and "compassionate, health-led drugs policy"
Lifestyle & Sports
18 Aug 25
Festival Season with Man2Man: Play Safe, Stay Sexy
Opinion
11 Aug 25
Tim MacGabhann: "I was never very good at maths, but I was good at a particular calculus – low effort, low energy expenditure, and a high yield of getting buckled"
Music
11 Aug 25
Oasis in '05: "I tell you what’s even better than rock ‘n’ roll and that’s bringing up my kids. I love fatherhood, man"
Sex & Drugs
20 Jun 25
Spreading sexual health awareness this Pride with Man2Man - Proud and Prepared: A Community Collaboration
Sex & Drugs
30 May 25
HSE urges people 'to be aware that there are new types of drugs now in Ireland' ahead of festival season
Opinion
18 Apr 25
Lord Mayor of Belfast Mickey Murray: “It shouldn’t have taken until 2024 for the capital city of Northern Ireland to have an openly gay Lord Mayor"
Opinion
03 Apr 25
Minister James Lawless: "How do we have two different rules [for alcohol and marijuana]?"
Lifestyle & Sports
23 Dec 24
The Whole Hog End of Year Special: Drugs – The pilot Medically Supervised Injecting Facility is "not going to solve the capital’s public injecting and overdose problem on its own"
Music
20 Dec 24
Glenn Shekleton: "When you're surrounded by spaces, without things to clutter up your mind, that should be good for the creative process
Opinion
27 Nov 24
General Election 2024 – Independent Left answer the
Hot Press
questionnaire: "Copy Brazil and issue heavy fines to platforms that spread misinformation"
Opinion
27 Nov 24
General Election 2024 – Fine Gael answer the
Hot Press
questionnaire: "We recognise that social media constitutes a public health issue"
Opinion
27 Nov 24
General Election 2024 – Social Democrats answer the
Hot Press
questionnaire: "Any action that can be taken against Israel, would be taken, if the Social Democrats were in government"
Opinion
26 Nov 24
General Election 2024 – Fianna Fáil answer the
Hot Press
questionnaire: "We know that more needs to be done"
Opinion
26 Nov 24
General Election 2024 – People Before Profit answer the
Hot Press
questionnaire: "One hundred years of these parties is enough"
Opinion
21 Oct 24
Irish Company Helping To Reduce Drug Harms In Ukrainian Jails
Sex & Drugs
16 Sep 24
Drugs Minister Colm Burke: "I mean, no matter what area you go to, whether you go to talk to a group of solicitors or barristers or doctors, nurses, care assistants – a certain percentage would have [tried drugs]"
Opinion
02 Sep 24
Ireland’s new drugs Minister Colm Burke says one in five politicians in the Dáil have probably taken illegal substances
Sex & Drugs
09 Aug 24
Cannabis 2024 - A Special Report: "This idea that psychosis is an inevitable and predictable outcome for cannabis users is just not true"
Opinion
16 Jul 24
Report reveals 594% increase in Irish crack cocaine use
Opinion
15 Jul 24
The Times They Are A-Changin’ – but there can be no place in 2024 for apathy
Culture
11 Jul 24
You have until Monday July 15 to take part in the 2024 EU Web Survey On Drugs and help inform harm reduction initiatives in Ireland
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![Drugs Minister Colm Burke: "I mean, no matter what area you go to, whether you go to talk to a group of solicitors or barristers or doctors, nurses, care assistants – a certain percentage would have [tried drugs]"](https://img.resized.co/hotpress/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL21lZGlhLmhvdHByZXNzLmNvbVxcXC91cGxvYWRzXFxcLzIwMjRcXFwvMDlcXFwvMTYxMTI2MzBcXFwvQ29sbS1CdXJrZS1ieS1NaWd1ZWwtUnVpei0xOS0xLmpwZ1wiLFwid2lkdGhcIjpcIjMwOVwiLFwiaGVpZ2h0XCI6XCIyMTBcIixcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmhvdHByZXNzLmNvbVxcXC9pXFxcL25vLWltYWdlLnBuZz92PTlcIixcIm9wdGlvbnNcIjp7XCJvdXRwdXRcIjpcImF2aWZcIixcInF1YWxpdHlcIjpcIjU1XCJ9fSIsImhhc2giOiJhNzU0OTI1MjFlMGNjYmZhNjhmNzEwNTRiMDgwYzlmN2ExOGQwZjQ0In0=/colm-burke-by-miguel-ruiz-19-1.jpg "Drugs Minister Colm Burke: \"I mean, no matter what area you go to, whether you go to talk to a group of solicitors or barristers or doctors, nurses, care assistants – a certain percentage would have [tried drugs]\"")
