‘Cruel, evil’ mother who neglected her children escapes jail
A MOTHER of seven who deprived her own children of a childhood through nine years of neglect has walked free from court. Also in this section Haulage firm fined €1m for crash that left hurling star's wife dead Mum fined as girl misses 89 school days Judgment against developer 'is not a witch hunt'
Bishop’s accurate portrayal of Irish drinking culture
TV Watch with Bernie NÃ Fhlatharta It often takes an outsider to tell it as it is and comedian Des Bishop is certainly doing that with his new four part series, Under the Influence.
Alcohol-fuelled violence on the rise despite falling consumption
OPINION: Generally speaking, if a population drinks more, then there are more heavy drinkers and more harm from alcohol (similarly if a population drinks less, there will be less harm).
Swedes taking increasingly sober look at country’s notorious drink sales policy
Few chief executives would welcome a fall in sales. But Magdalena Gerger, head of Sweden’s government-controlled retail alcohol monopoly, and one of the world’s biggest single buyers of wine, is one of them.
My drinking, your problem: alcohol hurts non-drinkers too
Disclosure Statement Robin Room receives funding from the Victoria Department of Health, the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, the Australian Research Council and the World Health Organization.
Drinking, fighting, tricking soup kitchens – some Irish run wild in Western Australia
If Percy French was writing The Mountains Of Mourne today, rather than in 1896, his tale of Irish emigrants “digging for gold in the street†might be set in Perth rather than London.
Social acceptance of alcohol allows us to ignore its harms
Disclosure Statement Steve Allsop receives funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and has received fundng from competitive funding sources such as NHMRC, ARC and Healthway (WA).
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FF: Govt not tackling cheap alcohol issue
Fianna Fáil has accused the Government of not tackling the issue of cheap alcohol and has said it is having a devastating effect on public health. In its pre-budget submission, the party asked the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan to include a 10% levy on alcohol sales in off-licences.
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