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Just over a quarter (26%) of gbMSM with a first-time diagnosis of HIV were co-infected with a bacterial STI at the time of their HIV diagnosis. Eighty percent of first-time diagnoses in gbMSM in 2022 occurred in those born in either Ireland (41%) or Latin America and Caribbean (39%). The rate of first-time diagnoses among gbMSM 2 in 2022 (88 per 100,000 estimated gbMSM population in those 18 and over) is 36% lower than the highest rate in 2015 (137 per 100,000 population). The key population group affected by HIV in Ireland remain gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM), accounting for 58% of first-time diagnoses in 2022. The rate of first-time HIV diagnoses (3.4 per 100,000 population) decreased by 16% in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic year 2019 and is lower than the rates between 20.

To have meaningful analysis of the HIV epidemiology in Ireland, we have presented data on (a) first-time diagnoses – people diagnosed in Ireland who were not previously aware they had HIV and (b) total diagnoses – all diagnoses in Ireland including those who were already aware of their diagnosis and those whose status was unknown. Timely, quality HIV surveillance is critical to understanding how Ireland is responding to HIV. This (also known as U=U, undetectable equals untransmittable) is an extremely important public health message which along with other HIV prevention measures has the power to end HIV. In addition, successful treatment prevents onward transmission of HIV to sexual partners.

Timely, successful treatment can lead to the same health and life expectancy for people living with HIV as the general population.

The advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) have dramatically improved the lives of many people living with HIV. HPSC has released the latest data on the epidemiology of HIV to the end of 2022 1,see slide set and accompanying data tables at.

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Update on Epidemiology of HIV in Ireland, to the end of 2022 Update on Epidemiology of HIV in Ireland, to the end of 2022.

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