Your editorial (May 17) on the recent UCD research probing the ‘alcoholising’ habits of Irish youth, suggests that it

We are economically bust, but how is it that we manage to maintain a national booze habit that costs the State upwards of €3.7bn a year? It's stating the bleedin' obvious to say that we could desperately do with that sort of money, but there isn't a smidgin of outrage at the enormous price we pay f

The Government has kicked to touch its plans to ban sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry as drugs strategy minister Roisín Shortall admits it may take up to 10 years to enforce it.

A LABOUR MINISTER has confirmed that the government is pressing ahead with plans to ban drinks companies from sponsoring sporting events. Róisin Shortall told the Dáil that Irish society can no longer tolerate the level of alcohol abuse in this country, particularly among young people, who are part

SPORTS ADVERTISING AND sponsorship by alcohol companies is to be phased out “over a reasonable period of time”, Deputy Minister Roisín Shortall said this week.