THE Government's legislation to lower the drink-driving limit even further will be one of the first items dealt with in the new Dail term. The Road Traffic (No 2) Bill is one of 30 priority bills in the Fine Gael-Labour coalition's legislative programme for the autumn session.
2 billion people worldwide consume alcohol, and of these 76·3 million have alcohol misuse problems,1 with substantial morbidity, mortality, and social harm.
MISUSE of alcohol is costing the North East economy up to £162m per year, new figures have revealed. From the cost of alcohol-fuelled crime to drink-related hospital admissions, the region’s drinking culture is eating up a huge amount of taxpayers
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The World Health Organisation have announced an initiative to reduce the abuse of alcohol in Europe, which they say is the heaviest drinking region in the world. Some 20 per…
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The parents of teenagers due to receive their Junior Certificate results today are being urged to talk to their children about their plans to celebrate.
SOME 56,930 JUNIOR Certificate students across the country will be waking up with butterflies this morning before receiving their results today. Their grades will be under particular scrutiny after the Leaving Cert results last month showed continuing high failure rates in maths and science subject
THE WORLD Health Organisation have announced an initiative to reduce the abuse of alcohol in Europe, which they say is the heaviest drinking region in the world.
PARENTAL concerns over monitoring pubs and clubs for underage drinking have hindered plans to issue this year’s Junior Certificate results on a Friday.