Shares fall in cider firm C&C as drinkers stay home
SHARES in cider maker C&C fell yesterday after the company said sales were hit by changing drinking habits which mean that consumers are drinking at home and avoiding pubs.
‘One in eight’ UK deaths as a result of alcohol
ONE in eight deaths of working age adults in the UK is caused by alcohol, new research has claimed, putting the figure at more than twice the current estimate for Scotland.
Minister wants alcohol sale rules to be passed
The Government should push through plans to limit the sale of alcohol, and alcohol sponsorship of sport and culture events despite Cabinet divisions, Kathleen Lynch, the junior health minister, said yesterday.
Minister to end alcohol sponsorship of sports
ALCOHOL SPONSORSHIP of sports events is to be ended, Minister of State for Health RóisÃn Shortall has pledged. “I am committed to phasing that out over a reasonable period of time,†she said in the Dáil.
Alcohol adverts ‘target teenagers’ despite strict code
Seven years after strict new rules were introduced to stop drinks companies marketing alcohol to children, teenagers are again being targeted, a report finds.
Ban alcohol adverts across Europe, urges alliance of experts
Alcohol advertising should be banned in Europe in a bid to drive down excess boozing and associated ill health across the continent, concludes an alliance of experts in a new policy brief.
Youth suicide link to alcohol
More than a fifth of young people aged 12-25 years say they have engaged in self-harm and 7pc have tried suicide. The findings which have emerged in a survey of 14,306 young people found a strong link between excessive drinking and suicidal behaviour.
One in five youths engage inself-harm
on 16/05/2012 00:00:00 The findings come from a 14,306-person study on youth mental health, described as Ireland's first comprehensive national examination of the country's youth mental health issues, which will be published today.
Coalition still running shy of tackling alcohol abuse
OPINION: When it comes to laws curbing drink-related problems, the Coalition like earlier governments frets about upsetting the drinks industry, writes BRIAN O'CONNELL SINCE THE early noughties, successive Irish governments have…
Research shows minimum pricing ‘can reduce alcohol consumption’
International research on drinking indicates that Irish society would benefit from a minimum price being set for alcohol. Yesterday, Scotland introduced new rules to tackle binge-drinking, setting the lowest price for alcohol at 50p (60c) per unit.
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