New HIV cases have reached a record level in Ireland with new figures confirming over 490 new cases last year.
The surge has been linked to the growing use of a drug known as snow blow, particularly among Dublin city's homeless population.
Figures from the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre show a total of 491 new cases of HIV in 2015, a 30% increase on the 377 new cases in 2014.
The figures show a significant increase in HIV diagnoses amongst people who inject drugs, with a 67% increase in 2015.
Many of the new diagnoses were of people who are homeless in Dublin.
There has been a further increase this year with provisional data showing 231 new HIV diagnoses so far this year, compared to 167 during the same period last year.
Source: RTE, 15/06/16
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