World AIDS Day marked in Dublin when the numbers of cases of the virus is doubling every nine months.
A gathering in O'Connell Street highlighted the theme of World AIDS Day which was 'Youth'.
Father John Whyte speaks about the attitudes of the church to people with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and the fear that surrounds the illness. He contracted the AIDS virus while working as a missionary in Africa.
We don't want to die.
Maureen Haughey, wife of An Taoiseach Charles Haughey, visits Cairde an AIDS support group in Dublin. Dr Darina O'Flanagan talks about the work and services provided by the centre.
Drug addicts are especially vunerable to the AIDS virus. The Eastern Health Board runs the only needle exchange in the Republic of Ireland and plans to open aother centre next year. Teresa O'Mahony explains how the exchange works.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 1 December 1989. The reporter is George Devlin.
Fr John Whyte (1989)
