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 National Suicide Research Foundation publish a National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm. It’s 2009 Annual Report shows 41% of all deliberate self harm presentations involve alcohol
The Coombe Women’s Hospital Study of Alcohol, Smoking and Illicit Drug Use 1987-2005 (2007) found that almost two-thirds (63%) of the 43,318 women surveyed said they drank alcohol during their pregnancy.
Getting The Facts Right on Minimum Pricing is a fact sheet from Alcohol Action Ireland answering all the key questions about minimum pricing.
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
