DOCTORS today demanded a ban on alcohol sponsorship of sporting events warning the drinks industry is “grooming” child drinkers. From independent.ie Treacy Hogan And one of the country's leading doctors…
Alcohol Action Ireland appeared before the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications this morning and made the case that alcohol sponsorship of sports should be phased out in the interests…
Pub business falls by nearly one third in five years
The lack of strict legislation governing alcohol advertising and sponsorship is allowing Irish children to be “groomed” by the alcohol industry, the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications has heard…
Professor Joe Barry, Public Health Specialist and Board Member of Alcohol Action Ireland: I would now like to follow on from what Dr Smyth has told you and thank you…
Dr Bobby Smyth, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Board Member of Alcohol Action Ireland: We have a major alcohol problem in Ireland. It kills 1,200 people per year. There…
I am Dr William Flannery and I am the Chair of the Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry of the College of Psychiatry of Ireland. The College has repeatedly called for the…
By SIOBHÃN HOLLIMAN Sylwia Gryczvk, Karyn Cronin, both from Teo Nua, Bernie Smith, Eleanor Burke, Irene Murphy, Youth Work Ireland, Galway, Teresa O'Dowd, St Jarlath’s College, and Deirdre Burke, Youth Work Ireland, Galway.
Professor Joe Barry, Public Health Specialist and Board Member of Alcohol Action Ireland: I would now like to follow on from what Dr Smyth has told you and thank you…
Dr Bobby Smyth, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychologist and Board Member of Alcohol Action Ireland: We have a major alcohol problem in Ireland. It kills 1,200 people per year. There…