A Dáil committee is recommending that alcohol-free sporting facilities should be provided for young people in the evenings. The committee examined the role sport can play in offering an alternative…
Wales' chief medical officer has called for powers to be able to introduce tougher controls on alcohol to tackle "the binge drinking culture". Dr Tony Jewell backed Health Minister Edwina…
A third of UK parents see drugs as inevitable part of growing up and most allow children to drink at home from 13, study says British parents are increasingly relaxed…
US bosses have low tolerance for those whom they regard as prone to alcohol abuse, writes Colum Kenny The drunken moron. The imbibing idiot. That is what they think, even…
Singer Frances Black was among those honoured at the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Awards in Dublin last night in recognition of her work founding a support group for assisting the families…
Alcohol and substance misuse was a factor for four out of five at-risk children who were put into special care, according to a report on childcare services in Ireland. The…
One of the highest alcohol readings ever recorded in the history of the State was detected in the blood stream of a man found dead in the toilet of a…
Family First is welcoming a commitment from TVNZ to remove alcohol advertising during family movies. The move follows a complaint by a mother about an advertisement for rum shown during…
Plans to allow councils to ban off-licences from selling to under-21s in areas where drunk youngsters cause trouble have been defeated at Holyrood. Despite an 11th-hour appeal by Health Secretary…
Female College students appear to be binge-drinking at least as often as their male counterparts and sometimes match them drink for drink, according to research published in the latest edition…