 With a preventative drug for HIV being available in the UK but not in Ireland, we asked the chairperson of the LGBT Society for his views on people who suffer HIV and how this drug could have affected their lives. I find that the access of PrEP gives MSM and in particular people of the queer community both choice and security. So in terms of choice allows them for a more comprehensive sexual health plan. It's not for replacing traditional contraceptives but more for working in conjunction with them. Security, the drug has been shown consistently to curb HIV transmission. So in that respect, the individual is confident that the contraceptive measures that they're taking is effective. So in that way I think that's what's really important. We asked student union president Neil Beaton about the current state of HIV in DCU. I definitely think that there is a presence in DCU of HIV. I don't think it's at an epidemic level compared to other different illnesses that we would come across and people would come into the student union and what I do think that there is a presence and it is something that students should be informed about and also as a union that we should be looking into. We asked DCU students if they thought the government should be doing more to help people who are living with HIV. Nothing's been really done much. There's not many options. It's kind of like, oh you really can treat it but I think they need to be careful for HIV. I feel like we don't know enough about it. We're not really taught anything about it. As well, yeah. And it's still associated with only gay men when it's not. It affects everybody. I know there was an increase last year in the number of people that had HIV so, yeah, like there's a lot of money wasted in other places so, yeah, that's why I'm here. And at this day, they don't feel like HIV should, like it shouldn't be a massive problem, like, you know, especially if it's being, if it's available in England today and not in Ireland, like that's crazy. The new drug called PREP is a HIV prevention drug available in England. It can only be bought online here but it is illegal to buy the drug online in Ireland.