Study finds ‘shocking’ level of alcohol-related harm
Discharge rates for alcoholic liver disease increased by 247 per cent for 15-34 year-olds between 1995 and 2007 From The Irish Times Paul Cullen, Health Correspondent The Government needs to…
DrinkHelp.ie provides access to information on alcohol-related issues and services
DrinkHelp.ie, a new website to assist people seeking help and advice in relation to alcohol-related issues, has been launched by Alcohol Action Ireland. DrinkHelp.ie has been developed by Alcohol Action…
Doctors want govt to bring in minimum price for alcohol
Doctors from the Royal College of Physicians are calling on the government to introduce a minimum price for a unit of alcohol. From the Irish Examiner It is after new…
Plans for minimum alcohol prices and plain cigarette packs may be dropped over ‘nanny state’ fears
Anna Soubry said she was in favour of harsh new rules introducing plain cigarette packaging and a minimum price for alcohol
Expert: Ireland operates as ‘conveyor belt’ for alcohol industry
Ireland operates as a “conveyor belt” for the alcohol industry with 60,000 children starting to drink every single year, an Oireachtas committee has heard. By Cormac O'Keeffe in the Irish…
Sporting bodies are ‘in alcohol industry’s pocket’
’We facilitate the drinks industry to groom our children,' psychiatrist tells committee Dr Bobby Smyth, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with Alcohol Action Ireland: it was with “typical arrogance” that…
Liver disease a major cause of illness and death across the EU: action needed to save lives
Liver disease is the cause of a considerable burden of illness across the European Union (EU), investigators report in The Journal of Hepatology. The authors calculate that 170,000 deaths each…
‘Stop exposing kids to booze’
From the Irish Daily Mirror. April 18, 2013.
Drinking firms ‘grooming’ our teens, says doctor
From The Herald. April 18, 2013
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