Gardai planning crackdown on drinking before concerts
GARDAI have told Ireland's concert promoters they will be taking a tougher line with drinking ahead of major gigs. From the Irish Independent Laura Butler – 05 April 2013 All…
Our teenagers are crying out for help. We have to start listening
IRELAND'S young people are crying out for help. But is anyone listening? We have become so obsessed with the financial crisis, and adjusting to the era of austerity, that perhaps…
Plan to renew measures on tobacco, alcohol and sugar
The introduction of plain-packaged cigarette boxes, an end to drinks industry sponsorship of sporting events and the resurrection of his sugar tax proposal are part of Minister for Health Dr…
25% of senior cycle students are problem drinkers
From the Irish Examiner Thursday, April 04, 2013 Nearly 10% of senior cycle students drink “dangerous levels” of alcohol ”” and another quarter engage in “problem drinking”. By Cormac O'Keeffe…
Revealed: how our bingeing teenagers are drinking themselves into depression
From the Irish Independent Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent – 04 April 2013 ONE in five teenagers is drinking weekly by the time they are in fifth year in school, according…
Outgoing CEO of Alcohol Action Ireland, Fiona Ryan, takes up new post
From Sonas Housing Association Anne McKeon, chairperson of Sonas Housing, is delighted to announce the appointment of the organisation's new CEO, Fiona Ryan, the former director of Alcohol Action Ireland. “We are delighted to…
Significant binge drinking among 5th-years
From irishhealth.com Alcohol consumption among young people in Ireland typically begins around mid-adolescence, with ’significant bingeing' evident by fifth year in secondary school, a new Irish study has found. According…
The lifelong effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and what it costs to us all
A letter to The Irish Times Sir, – The cited €3.7 billion fallout (Editorial, March 27th), of absenteeism, crime and related illnesses from alcohol misuse and abuse does not include…
‘Continental-style’ drinking hours leave economic hangover — study
THE relaxation of pub opening hours has fuelled a rise in absenteeism at work suggesting that many people who call in sick are simply hung over, economists have concluded.
Increase in alcohol-related cancers despite well-established link
From EuroCare A new report from the Alcohol Health Alliance UK (AHA) has found that hospital admissions for alcohol-related cancer in England have jumped 28% in just eight years. The…
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