From The Department of Health Healthy Ireland, a new government framework for action to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Ireland over the coming generation was launched…
From the Irish Independent 28 March 2013 Parents could be burying their youngsters unless the growing problem of childhood obesity is tackled, Health Minister James Reilly has warned. A 64-point…
The MP who launched the Government's new road safety scheme says they're still gathering evidence to help them decide what the blood alcohol limit for different groups should be.
From The Irish Times Harry McGee Political Correspondent Ireland's three main sports organisations are all opposed to a ban on alcohol sponsorship for major sporting events, an Oireachtas Committee has…
THE HEADS OF three of Ireland’s best known sporting organisations have said that the removal of alcohol sponsorship events would have a devastating impact on their funding and futures.
From The Irish Times Just what is necessary to make the Government address the sale of excessively cheap alcohol? Powerful vested interests, involving manufacturers and retailers, are opposed to regulation.…
HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS MEDIA RELEASE The heads of Ireland's largest sporting organisations will be before the Committee on Transport and Communications to discuss the implications of a possible ban…
From Independent.ie 26 March 2013 More than 300 people died last year as a result of alcohol misuse, Northern Ireland's most senior doctor has revealed. The effects of booze binges…