Sports sponsorship by alcohol brands to be phased out
SPORTS ADVERTISING AND sponsorship by alcohol companies is to be phased out “over a reasonable period of timeâ€, Deputy Minister RoisÃn Shortall said this week.
Experts call for ban on alcohol advertising
INTERNATIONAL experts meeting in the North-East have called for all alcohol advertising to be banned and minimum drink pricing introduced. The Addiction and Lifestyle in Contemporary Europe conference - held in Newcastle this week - aims to tackle the mass
Shares fall in cider firm C&C as drinkers stay home
SHARES in cider maker C&C fell yesterday after the company said sales were hit by changing drinking habits which mean that consumers are drinking at home and avoiding pubs.
‘One in eight’ UK deaths as a result of alcohol
ONE in eight deaths of working age adults in the UK is caused by alcohol, new research has claimed, putting the figure at more than twice the current estimate for Scotland.
Minister wants alcohol sale rules to be passed
The Government should push through plans to limit the sale of alcohol, and alcohol sponsorship of sport and culture events despite Cabinet divisions, Kathleen Lynch, the junior health minister, said yesterday.
Minister to end alcohol sponsorship of sports
ALCOHOL SPONSORSHIP of sports events is to be ended, Minister of State for Health RóisÃn Shortall has pledged. “I am committed to phasing that out over a reasonable period of time,†she said in the Dáil.
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.
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