Down the hatch – there’s the catch
CHRISTY Moore once wrote a song about climbing up the walls in the cold, grey reality of the aftermath of a serious bender. From the Irish Examiner Delirium Tremens as…
John Greene: If it must be done, it must be done right
It is inevitable that alcohol sponsorship in sport will eventually be banned. But the latest ham-fisted attempt to do away with it shows Irish politics up for what it is,…
Alcohol abuse, drug abuse and mental illness feature in child care cases
Alcohol abuse, drug abuse and mental illness feature in many of the cases published by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today. From The Irish Times The latest tranche of…
Alcohol and Product Placement: Can Brands be Trusted to Self-Regulate?
Alcohol product placement is in the spotlight (again) thanks to a new study by the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center that found alcohol brand placement "was found increasingly in movies…
Gardaí report 63pc increase in checkpoints over June’s long weekend
GARDAÃ SAY THEY operated 63 per cent more mandatory alcohol checkpoints on Ireland's roads last weekend than on the same weekend last year. From thejournal.ie Provisional figures published by the…
The question I ask myself is why do major alcohol companies sponsor sport?
Alcohol abuse is the curse of the Irish and any attempts by the Government to change our attitude to drink must be welcomed. There are two sides to the argument…
Alcohol unit reduces A&E admissions
The Rapid Alcohol Detox Acute Hospital Referrals (RADAR) unit aims to break the cycle of people with alcoholism regularly going to hospital with either alcohol-related injuries or chronic health problems caused by their addiction
Gilmore backs ban on alcohol sponsorship
The Government is on a collision course over proposals to address alcohol misuse by banning drink companies from sponsoring major sporting events. From the Irish Examiner It has emerged that…
Practice nurses can ID alcohol problems
Nurses working in GP practices are ideally placed to identify patients with alcohol problems, it has been claimed. According to Linda Latham, an advanced nurse practitioner working in a medical practice in Dublin, the abuse of alcohol in Irish society continues to be a major problem, resulting in '
I didn’t have a ‘drink problem’, but I had a problem with the way I was drinking
I can chart the major events of most of my adult life in glasses of wine. There was the one – crisp and white – I had in a sunny…
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