TRANSPORT and Sports Minister Leo Varadkar is set to fight plans to ban the alcohol sponsorship of major events like the Heineken Cup and the Guinness Galway Hurdle. From the Irish Independent Labour Junior Minister Alex White has…
HALF of Irish bars are close to calling last orders, a sobering new report has disclosed. From The Irish Sun A shock study of the bar trade by research body…
Half of pubs are in danger of closing, it has emerged. Follow @EvelynRing By Evelyn Ring Irish Examiner Reporter Vision-net, a business information provider, stress tested 945 pubs and found that 49% are in danger of collapse.
MANY young women are now drinking at levels that are "scary", according to Dr Colin O'Gara, head of addiction services at St John of God Hospital, in Dublin.
IRISH drinkers quaff way above the European average, with alcohol causing 900 new cancer cases every year. From The Herald May 30, 2013 Drinkers consume about 37g of alcohol a…
The number of hospital admissions linked to alcohol has risen four per cent in a year to more than 1.2 million across the country — and are 51 per cent up on a decade ago.
Data also shows the number of alcohol-related hospital admissions has doubled
Figures revealed at a major health conference show a love affair with alcohol is putting people at serious risk of needlessly losing their lives. From the Irish Examiner The research,…