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...
The case for minimum pricing details how alcohol-related damage is costing each Irish taxpayer €3,318 a year in alcohol-related health and crime costs and puts forward evidence-based policy solutions that will help reduce the levels of alcohol-related harm in the country.
Alcohol Action Ireland’s 2010 Have We Bottled It? Alcohol Marketing and Young People survey reveals that young people are being exposed to alcohol brands from a young age. Among 16 to 21-year-olds, alcohol ads represented five out of their top ten favourite ads.
Alcohol Action Ireland commissioned Behaviour and Attitudes to conduct market research to gauge the prevalence of, and attitudes to, parental drinking amongst 18 to 40-year-olds
The rate of hospital discharges for alcoholic liver disease in the 15-34 year age group increased by 247% between 1995 and 2007 in Ireland. This period coincided with record levels of alcohol consumption.
An extended summary of The 2011 ESPAD Report has found that Irish teenagers are more likely to binge drink than their European counterparts
The Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy, released in February, 2012 has created a comprehensive set of recommendations - including the introduction of minimum pricing - that if implemented will go a considerable way to protecting the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families in communities across Ireland.
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
