HALF OF all people who drink alcohol in Ireland do so at levels that are damaging their health, an Oireachtas committee has heard. Every member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children who spoke on the issue yesterday said the price of drink must be increased significantly if the “escalat
Fianna Fáil's Billy Kelleher has suggested that the legal age to purchase alcohol from off-licences should be raised.
Deputy Buttimer and committee members, thank you for having us here today. My name is Fiona Ryan and I am the director of Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for…
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CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE this week by a number of national charities and medical representative organisations for the introduction of minimum pricing on alcohol.
THE effects of the recession are biting hard, with a massive jump in unemployment among people seeking treatment for alcohol.
Below-cost alcohol to be banned from April The Scottish government is determined to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol A ban on the sale of alcohol below a minimum price will be introduced in England and Wales from 6 April 2012.
The cost of below-cost alcohol Below-cost selling of alcohol has been linked to the rise in alcoholism, teenage drinking and even suicide. Anton McNulty looks at the issues surrounding it.
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Tackle alcohol pricing to cut €3.7 billion bill from alcohol-related harm National charities and medical representative organisations back call for minimum pricing Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related…