By Cillian Doyle.
Today is Irish Aids Day.
A big shout out on #IrishAIDSDay2021 to all people living with #HIV in #Ireland. We know many of you live happy, healthy lives; & we know many of you are deeply affected & impacted by HIV-related #stigma. We are here for you. Every day is #IrishAIDSDay until we #eliminateStigma. pic.twitter.com/pDFOboeCGY
— HIV Ireland (@HIVIreland) June 15, 2021
449 people were diagnosed with the disease in the country last year, and almost 10,000 since records began.
Shane had no symptoms, went for a routine checkup and found out he was HIV positive.
Speaking on Beat's documentary "Open Your Eyes to STIs", he has this advice:
"I would massively encourage everyone to practice safe sex - you could end up like me living with HIV, which is not a life-threatening disease anymore - but it complicates things - so you should do all that you can to make sure you don't get this disease"
Listen back to our documentary "Open Your Eyes to STIs" below
