WORKING FOR AN alcohol charity after an incident like the Phoenix Park concert usually means getting asked about young people and alcohol: Why they drink the way they do.

THE wide availability of below-cost alcohol is fuelling the kind of anti-social behaviour which marred last Saturday night's Phoenix Park gig in Dublin, researchers warned yesterday.

People are in favour of minimum prices for alcohol and bans on advertising, but are against ending sponsorship of sport and music events, according to a survey.

More than four out of five people in this country think that Irish people drink too much alcohol, according to a survey published yesterday by the Health Research Board.

FOR ONE young man, suicide seemed a more natural option than trying to get into college. An older man said he would be better off dead because he was a burden on others.

MORE THAN half of Irish men are against a ban on alcohol industry sponsorship of sports events as promised by the Government, a new survey has found. However most adults (58 per cent) support a minimum unit price for alcohol, according to the survey by the Health Research Board released yesterday.

85% of people believe levels of alcohol consumption in Ireland are too high, a new survey on public attitudes has found.

From the Irish Examiner Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has backed proposals to ban the alcohol industry from sponsoring sports events, and the idea that concert-goers should be scanned for weapons.…