Low-alcohol beer sales rise sharply in supermarkets
Low-alcohol beers appear to be gaining in popularity in the off-trade, thanks in part to lower duty on beers below 2.8% abv, with sales at one supermarket rising by almost 50%.
Children’s health
THE LATEST Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey is something of a curate’s egg. A welcome reduction in drinking and smoking among 9 to 18-year-olds in the Republic must be set against continuing poor levels of physical activity and an increase in the number of children who say they
Off-licences sold alcohol to boy aged 16
Eight off-licences sold alcohol to a 16-year-old boy in an undercover operation by gardaà in Dundalk, Co Louth, as part of measures to deal with the problem of youths drinking at weekends.
Introducing minimum alcohol price of 40p per unit would save 1,000 lives each year
Raising the price of ultra-cheap lager, gin and vodka will save more than 1,000 lives each year, according to new research today.
We’re totally clueless on alcohol levels, new study shows
THE number is on every cask, bottle and can but we still have no idea how many standard drinks are in our favourite tipple, a new study shows.
Zero tolerance urged on illegal street drinking
Business leaders have called for zero tolerance on illegal street drinking in Cork City amid concern that it could damage tourism.
Minister rounds on retailers over cheap booze promotions
The scourge of cheap booze remains rife in Northern Ireland where strong alcohol continues to be sold at knockdown prices, it can be revealed. Stormont ministers have hit out at the low-cost drink culture here after a charity discovered that two
Drinks body tried to alter damning report
A group representing the drinks industry sought to alter paragraphs and remove figures on alcohol-related rape and domestic violence from a special report shaping Government policy.
Kicking alcohol sponsorship to touch?
The Irish Sports Council, the IRFU and the GAA all announced last week their opposition to the proposed recommendation phasing out alcohol sponsorship of sports by 2016 - a key…
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