Heavy drinking as a teenager is the single biggest risk factor for developing dementia unusually early, according to new research. From The Guardian A study of almost 500,000 Swedish men…
The Garda has warned motorists who break crucial rules on speeding, seat belt use and alcohol they “have to be lucky all the time”, adding that the force was “out…
Lottery grants totalling £3.6m have been awarded to four organisations to help tackle alcohol abuse in four different settings in Northern Ireland. From BBC News It will be used to…
Letters to The Irish Times on Monday, August 12 Sir, – Your Editorial (“Dealing with drink”, August 2nd) makes for depressing reading for the many people in Ireland who are…
SO a man walks into a hotel bar to celebrate a wedding and everything goes enjoyably until he does what he knows he shouldn't and takes a drink. From the…
TWENTY top North-East liver specialists have united to sign an open letter criticising the Government's u-turn over minimum alcohol pricing.
People over 65 should be set lower safe drinking limits amid growing evidence they are bingeing on alcohol, academics have said.
The Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) has published a report on alcohol misuse among older people on the Island of Ireland. According to CARDI, "many public…
LAST NIGHT WE brought you the first of our two-part video series following a Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance crew, which showed paramedics treating a cyclist injured in a collision and…