Citywide Untold Stories

In The Ruler and The Poet Part 2 our community activist shares a beautiful poem with us and speaks about the impact decriminalisation would have on her community and the power of community based services

In Rebel With A Cause part 2, our activist shares his experience vising Porto where people who use drugs have not been criminalised for over 20 years, and talks about the impact decriminalisation could have on services here in Ireland, and particularly outside Dublin in his own community.

In The Fire In Me Belly Part 2, Our activist shares how he feels the Portugese model could have changed the experience and outcome for his Mother and could change the lives of the young people he works

In On Me Da's Shoulders part 2, our activist talks to us about her experience in Porto and how she thinks decriminalisation would impact on her own community.

In Creating Through Chaos part 2, we hear what the Portuguese model felt like to the Mother and family member of people who use drugs and the difference she believes a human rights based approach would make to their lives

In our first episode of series two, Anna Quigley on 30 years of community engagement in drugs policy. What works, what doesn't, and what needs to happen next.

Our fifth activist tells us her story about how our approach to drugs has impacted her life growing up in the North Inner City and we hear how she now work  to help address the root causes of the impact of drugs on her own and other communities.

Our fourth activist tells us his story about how our approach to drugs has impacted on him as someone working in Dublin drugs services and living his life in his home town outside of Dublin and asks why are we not learning from the past.

Our third activist tells us her story about how our approach to drugs has impacted on her as a mother and close relative, and on her extended family, in an area not defined as deprived and we hear how she is using her creative talents to respond and campaign.   

Our second activist tells us his story about how our approach to drugs impacted on his mother and his father during his childhood, and we hear how this motivates him in the work he does as a youth worker and campaigner.

Our first activist tells us her story about how our approach to drugs has impacted on her both as a mother and a sister and we hear about the power of community support and community organising.

Untold Stories is a podcast series, where activists from across different communities share their own stories of how our current approach to drugs has impacted them and how it has led them to working to bring about change. Our community activists include people who use drugs, their family members, and members of the wider community, working together in solidarity to drive change.