The Government has an opportunity through the upcoming National Substance Misuse Strategy to ban alcohol advertising and regulate access to alcohol in order to reduce the amount of alcohol society…
Young people in Ireland begin drinking at a younger age today than their peers did 10 years ago, a leading charity has warned. According to Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), new…
ONE in six people killed on the roads so far this year is under 20 years of age. Garda figures show that 115 people died on the roads up to last Tuesday -- eight fewer than in the same period last year -- and that 19 of the fatalities were young adults aged between 16 and 20.
AN IRISH psychiatrist has disputed four-year research emerging from the US which claims addiction is a chronic brain disorder.
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, urges parents of the country's 55,000 Leaving Cert students to talk with their children about their celebratory plans as research shows…
WE LOVE TO talk about Ireland’s alcohol culture – it allows us to speculate about how we drink and why we drink, without ever actually doing anything about it.
ALCOHOL is a poor nightcap and robs sleep of its restorative powers, research has shown.
HUNDREDS OF young recovering alcoholics from all over the world arrived into Citywest in Dublin yesterday for the second annual European Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous conference.