The impact of alcohol misuse extends far beyond the individual drinker
Alcohol Action Ireland today, Wednesday 19 June, welcomed the release of the Scottish monitoring report on alcohol data. The report, from NHS Scotland, is the first to be published since the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol in...
Alcohol Action Ireland today, Tuesday 11 June, welcomed the contribution from the BBC Panorama programme to the ongoing debate about public health alcohol policy actions. The programme, broadcast on Monday, 10 June, and presented by broadcaster, Adrian Chiles, identified...
The public health community is greatly disappointed about the SpiritsEurope approach[1] to label their products. In our view, the European spirits industry refrains from informing consumers at the point of sale in an easy and accessible manner. Instead of following...
This is Alcohol Action Ireland's submission to the EU Commission's TRIS notification process: 2018/22/IRL, commenced to examine aspects of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, 2015.
EU Commission's Comments (20 April, 2018) on the re-notified Public Health Alcohol Bill, as passed by Seanad Eireann, December 2017.
As passed by Seanad Éireann on 15th December 2017. This Bill will proceed to Dáil Éireann for legislative passage in 2018.
A factsheet from the National Cancer Control Programme on alcohol and cancer.
An updated (November 2016) fact sheet on alcohol in Ireland from the Health Research Board.
It has been argued that the alcohol industry uses corporate social responsibility activities to influence policy and undermine public health, and that every opportunity should be taken to scrutinise such activities. This study analyses a controversial Diageo-funded ‘responsible drinking’ campaign (“Stop out of Control Drinking”, or SOOCD) in Ireland. The study aims to identify how the campaign and its advisory board members frame and define (i) alcohol-related harms, and their causes, and (ii) possible solutions.
