Alcohol abuse: Concern over middle-aged middle classes using booze to relieve stress
White collar workers increasingly using drink to escape the pressures of work, or as a ‘reward’ after a long day
White collar workers increasingly using drink to escape the pressures of work, or as a ‘reward’ after a long day
A health worker is to be employed in a Cork harbour town to help halt a worrying increase in the number of teenagers turning to alcohol, drugs, and even suicide.…
Traditional approaches such as introducing youths to the taste of alcohol to encourage moderation are wrong-headed and dangerous, according to the report by the European Parliament's working group on quality…
The Government is to introduce a statutory code requiring shopowners to separate the sale of alcohol from other goods in their premises Paul Cullen in The Irish Times Tuesday, May…
2.5 million children in Britain are living with a ‘hazardous drinker’. Here, five women talk to Julia Llewellyn Smith about their childhood’s spent with an alcoholic mother
IN a deal believed to be worth about €2m over three years, Liberty Insurance is set to become the newest sponsor of the All-Ireland hurling championship after Guinness ended its…
Guinness has ended its 18-year association with the All-Ireland Hurling Championship but will remain a “proud partner” of the GAA. From The Irish Times Saturday, May 4, 2013 A new…
THERE HAVE BEEN calls for Ireland to follow suit after Scotland pushed ahead with plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol. From The Journal Saturday, May 4, 2013 Minimum…
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol related issues, has welcomed the ruling by the Court of Session, Scotland's supreme civil court, today (Friday) in favour of the legality…
A legal challenge to the Scottish government's plans to introduce minimum pricing per unit of alcohol has failed. From the BBC The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) took action against the…