AT least 100,000 children across the country are suffering neglect as a direct result of their parents’ alcohol problems — with a shocking one in six child abuse cases linked to the condition.

CHILDREN OF alcoholic parents lead lives of ?quiet desperation? and must not be ignored by the next government, Alcohol Action Ireland has said. The charity is calling on the new government to introduce a minimum price for alcohol, curb availability and accessibility, and regulate the promotion of

MORE than 30,000 families shared payouts totalling ?1bn from Irish Life last year, after making claims on policies that covered them when they got ill, a member of the family died or they lost their jobs. Breast cancer was the single biggest cause of claims for those who have specified illness cove

THERE is hardly an Irish person who, at one time or another, has not been exposed to the destructive force of alcohol abuse.

ALCOHOL causes more deaths worldwide than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation has warned.