Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, May 2011 The Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Brendan O’Connor today released a new study that shows alcohol is a major contributor to offences committed on weekends.
He was the first speaker of the morning and began by telling the audience that it was his first time ever waking up in Dublin without a hangover. The last speaker, at the same conference that I attended earlier this week, told the crowd that he wouldn't keep them for much longer because he knew "yo
YOUR Alcohol and Ireland supplement, and follow-up booklet, provided much-needed core reading about most issues arising from the use of the substance.
Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has ordered a review of the penalties which can be imposed on publicans for serving alcohol to customers who are already drunk. His decision follows…
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MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has ordered a review of the penalties which can be imposed on publicans for serving alcohol to customers who are already drunk.
THE TRAGIC death of Graham Parish from acute alcohol poisoning in 2008 and the subsequent court case in which two bar staff at Hayes Hotel in Thurles, Co Tipperary were charged with manslaughter has focused attention on the absence of liquor liability legislation in this State.
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, says training in responsible selling and serving of alcohol needs to be made mandatory for all staff and licence holders who…
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