There were 166 newly diagnosed cases of HIV for gay and bisexual men in Ireland in 2012.
The figures released by the HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre show the highest diagnosis rates recorded to date.
HIV diagnosis rates amongst gay and bisexual men have increased by 160% between 2005 and 2012, and now represent just under half - 48% of all new HIV diagnoses.
Tiernan Brady is one of the Directors of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network - he says the age profile of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV is also coming down:
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