Interactive street art unveiled to help public respond to opioid overdoses 

Pictured on Dublin’s Parnell St are, from left, Nicholas Jose Diez McKenna, Ali Stone, Gillian O’Donnell, Catherine Gore and Brian Shanahan from the Naloxone Peer-Led Advisory Group. Picture: Mark Stedman

A new interactive piece of street art aimed at teaching people how to respond to someone overdosing on opiods has been unveiled in Dublin.

The piece, created by artist Deniece Quinn as part of the HSE's Naloxone Programme, depicts two members of the public holding their smartphones up to a QR code which, when scanned, pulls up two HSE videos demonstrating how to people can recognise and respond to an opioid overdose, and how to administer naloxone.