THE physical and financial cost of Ireland?s relationship with alcohol was spelled out when a survey showed that one in 11 people had reported that they or a family member had been assaulted by someone under the influence of alcohol in the past year.

PARENTS ARE facilitating young people ���������misusing alcohol . . . by providing product and events���������, the Minister of State for Primary Care has said.

The true extent of alcohol-related violence and intimidation has been revealed in startling new research. According to a survey commissioned by the charity, Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), half of people say they have experienced some type of alcohol-related intimidation, threat or violence during th

Even as health experts warn of rising alcohol consumption among under-18s, nightclubs are giving alcohol away to lure customers CLUB PROMOTERS are calling it a sprint to the bottom.

on 11/11/2011 00:00:00 That was the message yesterday from the father of a 21-year-old man who took his own life after a drink-fuelled night out in Mayo last March.

HALF OF all people who drink alcohol in Ireland do so at levels that are damaging their health, an Oireachtas committee has heard. Every member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children who spoke on the issue yesterday said the price of drink must be increased significantly if the “escalat