Northern Ireland Assembly
Two hundred and fifty-two people died in Northern Ireland in 2011 as a direct result of alcohol abuse, the Social Development Minister said, on 3 December 2012.
Alcohol-related mortality rate now two and a half times higher than early 1980s
SCOTLAND’S alcohol-related mortality rate is two and a half times higher than it was in the early 1980s, new figures show. • Death rates from drink remains nearly twice as high as in England and Wales • People in deprived are
Government failure to tackle alcohol abuse had “devastating” impact on society – health specialist
From TheJournal.ie THE FAILURE OF successive governments to develop a National Alcohol Policy has had a “devastating ” impact on Irish society in general and family life in particular according to…
Publicans seek 15% ‘lid levy’ on off-licences
From the Irish Examiner By Seán McCárthaigh Saturday, December 01, 2012 Publicans have called on the Government to introduce a novel "lid levy" of 15% on all off-licence sales in…
Police launch nationwide crackdown on alcohol-related violence
REVELLERS who refuse to leave a pub or a club or fail to obey police orders will be hit with minimum $550 on-the-spot fines as part of the biggest crackdown on alcohol-related violence in Australia's history.
Government failure to tackle alcohol abuse had “devastating” impact on society — health specialist
THE FAILURE OF successive governments to develop a National Alcohol Policy has had a “devastating†impact on Irish society in general and family life in particular according to Public Health Specialist, Dr Declan Bedford.
Dangers of demon drink outlined
The failure of successive governments to develop a coherent policy to deal with the problem of excessive alcohol consumption in the Republic has had a “devastating†impact on society in general and family life in particular, a leading public health specialist said today.
Publicans seek 15% ‘lid levy’ on off-licences
Publicans have called on the Government to introduce a novel
Restore excise duty to 2009 levels and raise €200 million – alternative to cuts to frontline services
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, is calling on the Government to restore excise duty on alcohol to 2009 levels in next week ’s Budget. The previous Government…
Booze: Outrage over off licence that are selling bottles of alcohol for less than the price of a bar of chocolate
Campaign groups have hit out at alcohol sold 'for pocket money' as one of the UK’s largest off licence chains sell bottles of booze for just 39p. As debate rages over the Government’s plan to intr
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