Drink-driving arrests by gardaà have fallen by just over 1,800 in the past year after reduced alcohol levels for drivers were introduced. Figures show the number of arrests for the offence have halved in the past five years.
STRICT limits on the price of alcohol will reduce domestic violence according to councillors. A proposed minimum price of 45p a unit has been welcomed after two senior North Wales councillors called on shops and supermarkets to be more res
TRANSPORT Minister Leo Varadkar has taken a sideswipe at former junior health minister Roisin Shortall after she claimed Fine Gael blocked her attempted reforms of alcohol sponsorship.
An alliance calling for tighter alcohol restrictions insists it isn't a bunch of wowsers but just wants to save lives and free up hospital beds. The NSW ACT Alcohol Policy Alliance (NAAPA) is a coalition of groups including the NSW Australian Medical Association, the Police Association and the Foun
Labour T.D. for Waterford and Vice Chair of the Health Committee , Ciara Conway is calling for the National Alcohol Strategy to be brought to cabinet so that the measures can be rolled out as soon as possible.
Last week ’s Budget brought good news for those concerned about alcohol-related harm in Ireland as the Government effectively restored the excise duty on alcohol to 2009 levels, with the exception…
From the Irish Examiner Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Alcohol misuse causes more damage than poverty, violent crime, unemployment, all the cancers, and all the other drug addictions combined in this…
From the Irish Examiner By Eoin Kelleher Wednesday, December 12, 2012 A verdict of death by misadventure has been returned in an inquest into the death of Graham Parish, who…
Alcohol misuse causes more damage than poverty, violent crime, unemployment, all the cancers, and all the other drug addictions combined in this society.
A teenage boy whose drinking first caused concerns when he was 7 has been given a five-month sentence over an assault and a mugging in Dublin City centre.