The latest report on cancer in Ireland contains a telling quote about our attitude to alcohol: “Despite the attempts to combat excess alcohol intake through policy... it is clear that…
The Steering Group Report on the National Substance Misuse Strategy contains 45 recommendations to reduce alcohol-related harm in Ireland, but if you are not familiar with the process then recently…
SUICIDE IS A word with which in today’s Ireland we are all too familiar. There can be few people who don’t know, either directly or indirectly, someone who has taken their own life in recent years, and we are frequently reminded of its presence via the media.
A Department of Health proposal to ban alcohol companies' sponsorship of sports events has been questioned by other departments in their formal responses. From The Irish Times A draft memorandum…
The unholy alliance of the alcohol and sporting industries is doing serious harm to the community, warns Mike Daube, Professor of Health Policy at Curtin University He asks: How can we take seriously expressions of concern about alcohol from sporting authorities such as Cricket Australia, NRL and A
Alcohol Action Ireland says Diageo's threat to scale back its Irish operations highlights the potential of proposed measures to improve public health Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol…
The HSE is to be informed by the Courts Service in Clare of all convictions relating to serious alcohol and drug abuse and dealing against parents of young children. From…
A spokesperson for Diageo has rejected suggestions the company will scale down its operations in Ireland if drink companies are banned from advertising at big sporting events. From RTE.ie It…
Health Minister James Reilly said the “sky won't fall in” if alcohol sports sponsorship is phased out under the Government's faltering alcohol action plan. From the Irish Examiner Dr Reilly…
THE country's largest drinks company has warned that a ban on drinks sponsorship could ultimately lead to less investment here. From the Irish Independent Diageo, which owns Guinness and controls…