THE recently-retired Dublin coroner has expressed concern about binge drinking among young people and said it is surprising that greater numbers do not die from the effects of alcohol, considering what they drink.
A DECISION by one of the State’s leading supermarket chains to sell two bottles of red wine for just €5 today as part of a special promotional campaign has been condemned as “irresponsible†by Minister of State for Health RóisÃn Shortall.
IT was Ireland's national commercial celebration of alcohol yesterday. We do the non-commercial celebration of alcohol on St Patrick's Day when around the globe we drink like fish to remind everyone that we have a serious national problem with the sauce.
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Large retailers in Scotland which sell tobacco and alcohol will face a new tax later this year - but smaller stores will not be affected. The SNP's Kenneth Gibson defended the supermarket tax plans - which the Scottish government said w
THE alcohol industry is spending huge amounts of money to
A TOTAL of 1,600 children were placed in care in the HSE South region last year — with
MINIMUM prices for alcohol and curbs on advertising and sponsorship are planned under a government strategy.
THE HEALTH Service Executive is pursuing an “overdeferential†approach to the rights of parents at the expense of children at risk, the Government’s special rapporteur for child protection Geoffrey Shannon has said.
MINISTER OF State for Health RóisÃn Shortall has said she is in favour of introducing a minimum price for alcohol being sold in supermarkets and other shops to make alcohol products more expensive.