The provision of national services must be proportionate to the scale of the problem; Ireland has approx 250,000 people who are likely alcohol dependent. Alcohol Action Ireland, the national independent advocate for reducing alcohol harm, today (Thursday, 10...
Ireland has high levels of alcohol use and not surprisingly there are correspondingly high numbers of people who have problems with alcohol and who might need professional help. Treatment services for alcohol exist on a continuum and range from brief...
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national independent advocate for reducing alcohol harm, notes the Revenue’s provisional alcohol duty clearances and receipts for Q1 2021, which indicates an 18.7% reduction in overall alcohol use for the first quarter of 2021 viz that...
Alcohol Action Ireland contribution to the public consultation on the development of a national model of parenting support services by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and
Youth.
Submission to the public consultation on draft legislation to update the Mental Health Act, 2001.
Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery
A health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025
Mid-term Review
Observations from Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI) the national independent advocate for reducing alcohol harm
Pre Budget submission to the Department of Finance August 2018
Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by Alcohol Health Alliance, conducted June 12th to June 16th 2017.
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is a cross-national research study conducted in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and runs on a four-year cycle. In 2014, Ireland participated for the fifth time in the HBSC study (www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc). The study included 13,611 school-children from 3rd class in primary school to 5th year in post-primary school. Collectively, 230 primary and post-primary schools across Ireland participated in this study.
In 2019 alcohol use in Ireland was 10.78 litres of pure alcohol per capita
A podcast series featuring independent analysis of our societal relationship with alcohol.
The voice of those who have lived with the experience of parental alcohol misuse
