From IrishHealth.com Almost 30 charities, community groups and organisations representing medical staff have joined forces to call on the government to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol. Minimum pricing refers to…
From Drinks Industry Ireland Almost 30 charities, community groups and organisations representing medical staff have joined forces to call on the government to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol. Nov 1…
From Eircom.net By the time the plan is brought to Cabinet, it will be three years since a government-appointed expert group first met to draw up a national alcohol strategy.…
SCOTLAND’S largest train operators says its new policy on curtailing alcohol consumption has been a success. ScotRail introduced a ban on alcohol between 9pm and 10am three months ago and only five passengers have been reported to the Proscurator Fisc
31 October 2012 27 national charities, community and medical representative organisations now backing Alcohol Action Ireland ’s call for minimum pricing Minister Alex White to launch Time Please... For…
The troubled Government action plan on alcohol will go to Cabinet in the coming weeks — but it is not clear when policies to end alcohol sports’ sponsorship and introduce minimum pricing will actually be implemented.
Alcohol consumption has dropped in Canada by between 3%-8% after minimum prices were introduced, a leading expert has said.
Business Affairs Correspondent ON WEDNESDAY, C&C-owned Bulmers Ltd announced that it was leaving its prices unchanged, in spite of recent increases in fuel and raw material costs.
LEVELS OF mortality from cirrhosis of the liver have doubled in the last 15 years as a “direct result of alcohol consumptionâ€, a leading consultant on gastroenterology has said.
When it comes to discouraging alcohol sponsorship in sport, the federal government is putting its money where its mouth is - offering $25 million in replacement sponsorship deals if sporting bodies cut ties with big booze.