Men made up two-thirds (67 per cent) of people diagnosed with HIV last year. There were 239 people who received a first-time HIV diagnosis in 2024, a rate of 4.6 per 100,000 of the population. There was a significant drop in HIV diagnoses in 2020 and 2021, with 123 and 126 noted in these respective years. Of people affected born outside Ireland, 39 per cent were noted as likely having acquired HIV outside the State, while 30 per cent likely acquired it here. Stephen O’Hare, Executive Director at HIV Ireland said the increasing number of new diagnoses is a “concern, but not entirely unexpected given the impact of the pandemic on testing in Ireland”.

Source: The Irish Times December 01, 2025 17:58 UTC