It is time to make the most of a ‘fantastic resource’, says Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald, writes SHEILA WAYMAN The baby boom is often seen as a problem, raising issues from overcrowded maternity hospitals to the need to build new schools, but the 70,000-plus births here every year are “
NEW Year dieters should remember to count the calories in alcohol when they are trying to lose weight. According to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), cutting down on drinks could help weight loss which in turn could reduce cancer risks.
Government alcohol guidelines that were “plucked out of the air†wrongly suggest that we can drink almost daily with no ill-effects, say doctors.
Researchers discover genetic connection that may be able to aid in early prevention
AS THE PARENT of teenage girls I am aware of the dangers of teenage drinking. However, as I journey through the minefield that is parenting teens, I am more and more convinced that the strength of my relationship with them is ultimately the only real control I have over my teens.
Beer in Russia will become an alcoholic drink for the first time on New Year's Day. Tom Parfitt reports.
THE VINTNERS’ FEDERATION of Ireland has called this year one of the worst on record for its members. In a downbeat statement, the organisation accused the government of not appreciating the role publicans play and suppliers of not appreciating the business they give.
OPINION: I was quite impressed with Tariana Turia's recent opinion piece, Alcohol Harm Has Important Implications For Maori, (Taranaki Daily News, Dec 20) in which she argues how New Zealand's alcohol consumption and binge drinking have become an entrenched part of New Zealand culture and is contrib
INEVITABLY it will be decried in some quarters as yet another example of the nanny state in full flow.
COALITION plans to introduce minimum alcohol pricing have been thrown into doubt by the EU objecting to similar moves by the Scottish government. Health Minister James Reilly had hoped to bring in minimum pricing at the same time as the North, in an all-Ireland move intended to tackle binge-drinkin