About Dual Diagnosis Ireland
A volunteer-led, not-for-profit charity with one simple aim: that people with both a mental health problem and an addiction get the right kind of treatment at the first time of asking.
Set up in 2008 to fill a gap nobody else was filling
In February 2008 we set up a not-for-profit organisation to raise awareness of the lack of services for the many people living with both a mental health problem, such as depression, and an addiction.
We work alongside other campaigners in the mental health sector. We are founding members of Mental Health Reform and members of the Alcohol Health Alliance. There is no other organisation in Ireland focused purely on improving services for people with a dual diagnosis.
We believe we’re having a real impact: the term “dual diagnosis” is now far better known, and the HSE has been developing a clinical programme for it. Our aim is simple — and once it’s achieved, Dual Diagnosis Ireland will dissolve.
Since 2008 we have:
- Built and run this awareness website
- Run a national advertising campaign
- Set up a mailing list for people working or interested in this area
- Completed numerous media briefings across press, radio and TV
- Helped people find the right service for their needs
- Supported researchers working in dual diagnosis
- Run and spoken at events for professionals in the field
- Participated in political campaigns and made submissions to Government
Awareness, connection and advocacy
Improve awareness
We work to improve public and professional understanding of the dual diagnosis issue across Ireland.
Communication network
We offer a network for people interested in or affected by dual diagnosis, and help connect them to support.
Seminars & events
We arrange and support seminars, workshops, lectures and conferences for those working in the field.
Information
We provide information about developments in the area of dual diagnosis, from research to policy.
Submissions to Government
We make formal submissions to Government departments pressing for integrated, joined-up care.
Media expertise
We provide expert speakers with media experience, including people with lived experience who can speak movingly about the issue.
Our trustees
Everything we do is led by volunteers — we have no paid employees and no overheads.
Carol Moore
A member of Chartered Accountants Ireland with 20+ years’ experience and a management consultant since 2000. CEO of Lifewise, former non-executive director of Mental Health Reform and CORU. Holds a masters in psychology with a special interest in addiction, and is a trained mediator.
Angela Moore
Holds an honours degree in counselling and psychotherapy and a certificate in community addiction studies. Currently doing counselling work with people with addiction and mental health issues, with a research focus on dual diagnosis services in Ireland.
Eoin Stephens
A longstanding contributor to Dual Diagnosis Ireland’s work in mental health and addiction education and practice.
Also on the team
- Aoife Munroe — Mental Health Social Worker
- Barbara Condon — CEO, Ruhama
- Ray Burke — Communications & Advocacy
- Sharon Dillon Lyons — Barrister
Help us keep making the case
Everything we do is led by volunteers, with no paid employees. Most of our expenses have been paid from our own pockets, though we now receive donations from people we’ve helped or who are impressed by our work. Every cost relates directly to our aims.
If you’d like to help — with a donation or your time — please get in touch. We issue a receipt for all donations, and tax relief on donations is available.
How to donate
Send a cheque, postal order or money order to:
Dual Diagnosis Ireland
113 Marian Road,
Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
Registered charity · RCN 20069032 · CHY 18145. We are committed to high standards of professionalism and corporate governance, and are working towards compliance with the Charities Regulator Governance Code. A copy of our governing Constitution is available on request.
Get in touch
If you’d like to make contact — about your story, our work, media, or a donation — we’d love to hear from you. Email is the best way to reach us.
Media & syndication
We’re happy to provide expert speakers with media experience on dual diagnosis, including a person and family with personal experience who can speak movingly and succinctly about the issue.
Material originally written and published by Dual Diagnosis Ireland may be freely reprinted, provided it is republished in context, properly credited to Dual Diagnosis Ireland with URLs retained, and we are notified. Please email us the URL of any republished material.