Alcohol adverts ‘target teenagers’ despite strict code
Seven years after strict new rules were introduced to stop drinks companies marketing alcohol to children, teenagers are again being targeted, a report finds.
Ban alcohol adverts across Europe, urges alliance of experts
Alcohol advertising should be banned in Europe in a bid to drive down excess boozing and associated ill health across the continent, concludes an alliance of experts in a new policy brief.
Youth suicide link to alcohol
More than a fifth of young people aged 12-25 years say they have engaged in self-harm and 7pc have tried suicide. The findings which have emerged in a survey of 14,306 young people found a strong link between excessive drinking and suicidal behaviour.
One in five youths engage inself-harm
on 16/05/2012 00:00:00 The findings come from a 14,306-person study on youth mental health, described as Ireland's first comprehensive national examination of the country's youth mental health issues, which will be published today.
Coalition still running shy of tackling alcohol abuse
OPINION: When it comes to laws curbing drink-related problems, the Coalition like earlier governments frets about upsetting the drinks industry, writes BRIAN O'CONNELL SINCE THE early noughties, successive Irish governments have…
Research shows minimum pricing ‘can reduce alcohol consumption’
International research on drinking indicates that Irish society would benefit from a minimum price being set for alcohol. Yesterday, Scotland introduced new rules to tackle binge-drinking, setting the lowest price for alcohol at 50p (60c) per unit.
Pubs group backs 50p per unit alcohol price proposal
An organisation representing bars and nightclubs in Northern Ireland has given its backing to a minimum price for alcohol of 50p a unit. Pubs of Ulster boss Colin Neill was speaking after the Scottish government announced it wanted to add 5p to the orig
Shorthall praises Scottish move on alcohol pricing
- 04:18 PM Junior Health Minister Roisin Shorthall has said that Ireland's new minimum alcohol pricing will be similar to Scotland's. The Scottish government today announced that it is imposing a price floor of 50p per unit of alcohol - or just over 60c - in a bid to tackle binge drinking.
Minimum alcohol pricing: ‘At least 50p per unit to save 500 lives a year’ – SNP
SCOTLAND’S health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the SNP Government wants to set a minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol. The government says that the measure will save 500 lives a year.
Government may water down key element of alcohol report
The Government is considering watering down a key recommendation in an expert report aimed at addressing the availability of cheap alcohol.
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