ALL 12 directors of public health in the North-East have signed an open letter criticising the Government's decision not to introduce minimum pricing of alcohol. From The Northern Echo Put…
The introduction of minimum pricing for alcohol will contribute to reducing the “huge” human and economic cost of alcohol related harm, it was claimed this week. From the Galway Advertiser…
FOUR broadcasters including Channel 4 and Discovery have been reprimanded by the advertising regulator for showing alcohol adverts during programmes aimed at under-18s. From The Northern Echo Paramount and Entertainment…
A LEVY ON off-licence sales would raise money to bridge the funding gap created by the loss of alcohol companies’ sponsorship of sports, the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland claims.
A group representing publicans has said revenues from an off-sales alcohol tax could replace sports sponsorship funding. From The Irish Times The statement from the Vintners Federation of Ireland follows…
Editorial in the Irish Association of Suicidology Spring/Summer newsletter by Dr John Connolly. Alcohol is a factor in approximately 45% of suicides and in 39% of attempted suicide and deliberate…
AUSTRALIA'S alcopops tax is being examined as a model for an alternative source of funding when the ban on alcohol sponsorship of sport comes into effect. From the Irish Independent…
ALCOHOL plays a significant role in many fatal assaults that occur on the street, in licensed premises and at house parties, according to the Deputy State Pathologist Michael Curtis. From…
The Government is considering slapping a special tax on booze after agreeing to ban alcohol companies sponsoring major sporting events by 2020. From the Irish Mirror The Cabinet's sub committee…