Children are being groomed by alcohol companies years before they reach the legal drinking age, through advertising on Facebook, researchers say. The social media website has also become so entrenched in young people's drinking culture that they can no longer distinguish advertising, Massey Univers
From The Journal AT A TIME when mental health is finally well and truly a ’hot topic', firmly embedded in the public consciousness, I can't help feeling that we're quietly…
The Irish relationship with drink has come in for a lot of criticism, not least in Des Bishop’s recent TV series. But how do young people treat alcohol in other countries? We sent reporters out with teenagers in six different cities to talk about alcohol, clothes and the opposite sex
From The Irish Times A law introduced to ensure drivers involved in a serious collision are tested for alcohol is not functioning effectively because the Garda computer system has not…
From businessandleadership.com The National Off-Licence Association (Noffla) has said it is against any additional taxes being imposed on the independent off-licence sector. Noffla was responding to Fianna Fail's call to…
Donna Ribton-Turner, Director of Clinical Services at UnitingCare ReGen argues that we need a more complex approach to supporting families dealing with alcohol and drug problems.
‘Binge drinking doubles heart risk,’ BBC News reported today. This study was in almost 10,000 men aged 50 to 59 without heart disease from France and Northern Ireland.
From The Irish Times JACKY JONES SECOND OPINION: Using scare tactics to change lifestyle behaviour is beginning to creep back into public health practice. Since February 1st, 2013 cigarette packs have…
From The Irish Times STEVEN CARROLL A 7.5 per cent levy should be imposed on alcohol sales in offlicences to fund increased services in the area of suicide prevention, Fianna…