Column: Mental health and alcohol — the elephant in the room
From The Journal AT A TIME when mental health is finally well and truly a ’hot topic', firmly embedded in the public consciousness, I can't help feeling that we're quietly…
NEWS FEATURE: Teens and alcohol and how we compare
The Irish relationship with drink has come in for a lot of criticism, not least in Des Bishop’s recent TV series. But how do young people treat alcohol in other countries? We sent reporters out with teenagers in six different cities to talk about alcohol, clothes and the opposite sex
System blamed for low number of alcohol tests
From The Irish Times A law introduced to ensure drivers involved in a serious collision are tested for alcohol is not functioning effectively because the Garda computer system has not…
National Off-Licence Association opposes introduction of off-licence levy
From businessandleadership.com The National Off-Licence Association (Noffla) has said it is against any additional taxes being imposed on the independent off-licence sector. Noffla was responding to Fianna Fail's call to…
No simple answers for parental alcohol and drug use
Donna Ribton-Turner, Director of Clinical Services at UnitingCare ReGen argues that we need a more complex approach to supporting families dealing with alcohol and drug problems.
Binge drinking ‘doubles heart risk’
‘Binge drinking doubles heart risk,’ BBC News reported today. This study was in almost 10,000 men aged 50 to 59 without heart disease from France and Northern Ireland.
Scare tactics may be back in vogue, but they still don’t work
From The Irish Times JACKY JONES SECOND OPINION: Using scare tactics to change lifestyle behaviour is beginning to creep back into public health practice. Since February 1st, 2013 cigarette packs have…
FF proposes 7.5% alcohol levy to fund suicide prevention
From The Irish Times STEVEN CARROLL A 7.5 per cent levy should be imposed on alcohol sales in offlicences to fund increased services in the area of suicide prevention, Fianna…
Children, aged four and six, left overnight in house while mother, 23, went drinking
A MOTHER from York who left her two young children home alone while she went out drinking has been given a two-year community order and warned she “must never do it againâ€.
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