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Passerose Mantoy
Passerose Mantoy is the CEO of Chrysalis Community Drug Project, a community-based drug and alcohol service operating in Dublin’s North Inner City. Her training and qualifications are in the areas of counselling, supervision, leadership and community development.
Passerose has worked in addiction services for the last 25 years; the first ten years as addiction practitioner, and fifteen years as CEO of Chrysalis CDP. She is an accredited addiction counsellor and clinical supervisor. She believes in a person-centred and trauma informed approach, the voice and choice of the service user being central to the model of care of Chrysalis.
As CEO of Chrysalis, she has publicly commented on the deteriorating situation in Dublin’s North Inner City e.g. rising complexity in addiction cases, and the need for compassionate, comprehensive support for individuals seeking help.
Passerose has a particular interest in Public Health and Engaged Research.
25 Years of Change: Addiction Work in Dublin Through a Trauma Informed Lens
Passerose Mantoy 20/01/2026
If you walked into an addiction service 25 years ago – when I started working in Chrysalis CDP, a Dublin community drug project – the work looked very different. Heroin dominated the scene; the focus was on reducing harm and crisis management– dissemination of harm reduction information and materials, needle exchanges, methadone programmes …
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