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.
A survey has revealed that “children who see their parents drunk are twice as likely to regularly get drunk themselves,†reported BBC News. Several newspapers also covered this news story.
CHILDREN WHO regularly see their parents drink are twice as likely to binge on alcohol themselves, a British survey has found. The report also found that youths left unsupervised were also more likely to drink.
British teenagers are the third worst binge drinkers in Europe and their alcohol abuse is causing serious illnesses, a report has found. More than half of 15 and 16-year-olds admitted regularly drinking to excess, the research by the University of the West of England reve
There are signs of an increasing trend in the number of people with Alcohol Related Brain Injury (ARBI), according to new research. The soon to be launched study on Alcohol…