Welcome to Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues.

Alcohol is enjoyed by many of us in Ireland but there is another side to drinking and that is the harm generated from the way we drink and the amount we drink. The effects of that harm go beyond the individual who is drinking, to impact on families, their own or other people’s, communities, schools, hospitals and businesses. 

The human costs of problem alcohol-use are high but so are the economic costs with alcohol-related harm costing the economy millions every year through the provision of emergency services, policing, hospital resources and social work services as well as lost productivity.

Our work involves providing information on alcohol-related issues, creating awareness of alcohol-related harm and offering potential policy solutions for reducing that harm. Let us know what you think of those policies or alternatively feel free to share experiences or ideas – we want to hear.   

Some Facts

• One in three road deaths are alcohol-related
   
• Alcohol was identified as a potential trigger for abuse in one third of the most severe domestic abuse cases
   
• An estimated 61,000 children in Ireland are effected by their parents’ alcohol use
   
• One in four injury admissions to hospital Emergency Departments are alcohol-related