To mark International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) 2025, The HSE National Social Inclusion Office are hosting a live webinar on Friday 29th August from 11:00 – 12:30
You can register to attend this event HERE
As part of the world’s annual campaign to raise awareness of drug-related overdose, we invite you to join us at our event to help end overdose, remember those who have died without stigma and acknowledge the grief experienced by family and friends left behind.
The theme for the 2025 event is “Community, driven by hope”.
Overdose doesn’t just shatter a family, it fractures a community.
We are one community – not just because we share the pain of loss, but because we share the power to change what comes next.
About the event
Dr Denis O’Driscoll, independent chair of the National Naloxone Oversight Quality Assurance Group, will host the event and will be joined by:
- Prof Eamon Keenan, HSE National Clinical Lead, Addiction Services, sharing an update on the Naloxone Programme.
- Andy O’Hara, Coordinator, UISCE, sharing a brief on peer work with/in the community.
- Eddie Mullins, CEO MQI, providing an update on the MSIF.
- Dr Des Crowley, GP Coordinator for HSE CHO9 and Dan Iacobs, UISCE providing a brief on the naloxone training and provision partnership in HSE Clinics.
- Danielle Tormey (ALDP) and Yasmin Woods, (Cuan Dara, Inpatient Addiction Treatment Centre), sharing a brief on the Circle peer to peer overdose prevention programme.
- Aoife Smart, Head of Residential Addiction Services, PMVT, sharing the services experience of facilitating naloxone training and provision for residents.
- Dr David Joyce, Acting Executive Clinical Lead, Irish Prison Service, providing a brief on overdose prevention within the prison community.
