MOMENTUM is growing for a ban on alcohol advertising during live sports broadcasts, after Western Australian Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan lambasted the alcohol industry at a national alcohol forum on Wednesday for exposing young viewers to dangerous levels of advertising that normalise and g
Olympics boss Pat Hickey lashed out at the manufacturers of Guinness yesterday, saying the company had "no interest" in Ireland. From the Irish Independent His attack came in the wake…
HEALTH Minister James Reilly has said people who want a drink would be better off going to the pub than over-indulging at home. From the Irish Independent He wants the…
A Bath academic will call for tighter regulation around alcohol marketing on social network sites when she speaks at a conference this week. From HealthCanal Professor Christine Griffin, from the…
“A glass of wine every day in pregnancy could be good for your baby,” is the entirely incorrect headline in The Daily Telegraph today. Other newspapers reported that drinking while…
John Treacy, chief executive of the Irish Sports Council, Kieran Mulvey, the organisation's chairman and Pat Hickey, president of the Olympic Council of Ireland have strongly spoken out against the…
Diageo says it's spent €160m on new brewing centre and banning sports sponsorship is a flawed plan From Newstalk Minister Phil Hogan has hit back at Diageo for its criticism…
Recent alcohol-fuelled controversies involving sportsmen need to end, along with alcohol sponsorship of sport, write Fiona Stanley and Mike Daube.
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol related issues, has called on the Government not to bow to pressure from corporate interests as it prepares its plan to tackle…