Britain's High Streets are set to be inundated with more cheap alcohol deals after Poundworld announced plans to sell cut-price alcoholic drinks. The budget chain, which has enjoyed healthy sales in the d
Children and young people, as a population group, are at increased risk of alcohol-related health and social harms. Irish young people's drinking demonstrates worrying trends in relation to alcohol use…
DRINK AND drugs were significant contributors to the incidence of suicide and homicide in Northern Ireland, a study carried out by researchers from the University of Manchester has found.
Doctors today (Wednesday, 29 June 2011) called for wide-ranging measures to be implemented to curb health risks due to alcohol consumption. Dr Paul Darragh, Chairman of the BMA's Council in Northern Ireland said, "Alcoh
Vintners’ groups say supermarkets, convenience stores and other off-licences are not held to the same high standards MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has described as “a most regrettable development†the withdrawal by publicans from an initiative promoting responsible consumption of alcohol.
(Reuters Health) - Heavy drinkers more often end up in the hospital with pneumonia than those who go easy on the alcohol, suggests a new study from Denmark.
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, urges parents to talk openly about their children's celebratory plans once exams come to an end as new research reveals that…
Alcohol consumption among young people increases as a result of advertising campaigns and the EU should promote more responsible marketing, stakeholders agreed this week. But responsibility for dealing with the…
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement A report called Invisible Addicts that is published today will reveal that safe drinking limits for older people are in fact lower than those for the young.
Australia's prime minister has been urged to raise the minimum price of alcohol to curb addiction. Cheap alcohol is being blamed for fuelling a crime wave in the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs.