Zero tolerance urged on illegal street drinking
Business leaders have called for zero tolerance on illegal street drinking in Cork City amid concern that it could damage tourism.
Minister rounds on retailers over cheap booze promotions
The scourge of cheap booze remains rife in Northern Ireland where strong alcohol continues to be sold at knockdown prices, it can be revealed. Stormont ministers have hit out at the low-cost drink culture here after a charity discovered that two
Drinks body tried to alter damning report
A group representing the drinks industry sought to alter paragraphs and remove figures on alcohol-related rape and domestic violence from a special report shaping Government policy.
Kicking alcohol sponsorship to touch?
The Irish Sports Council, the IRFU and the GAA all announced last week their opposition to the proposed recommendation phasing out alcohol sponsorship of sports by 2016 - a key…
Minimum Pricing Campaign: Update
The need for minimum pricing, a floor price beneath which alcohol cannot be sold, was underlined further last week when a well known retailer offered cider at 7p a unit…
Call for labels on bottles to warn of alcohol’s danger to foetuses
FOSTER parents and public health groups have urged federal politicians to take urgent action to prevent more babies from suffering foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Independent off-licences blame closure rate on below-cost alcohol sales by supermarkets
THE SPECIALIST off-licence sector will “die a death within five years†unless the Government “urgently†implements key Department of Health recommendations to address alcohol abuse, its representative group has claimed.
Parents of death-fall teen call for change in drink culture
A UNIVERSITY student plunged to his death after taking a short cut on his way home from a party by vaulting over a 6ft-high wall -- without realising there was a 30ft drop on the other side.
Eolas: “Substance misuse strategy: Fighting Ireland’s national addiction”
As the Government pledges a crackdown on alcohol prices and marketing, Peter Cheney assesses the scale of Irish alcoholism and the differing proposals to tackle the problem. Ministers are preparing…
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