The way that alcohol impairs reasoning and problem-solving abilities may explain why some people feel they're fit to drive even though they're drunk, researchers say. The study looked at how…
The Government has admitted it is effectively powerless to stop off-licences selling alcohol to underage drinkers on a cash-on-delivery basis. Last night's Primetime programme on RTÉ showed a number of…
Off-licences across the country have been warned more than once that accepting cash payments for delivering alcohol to the homes of customers was an illegal practice, the industry's representative body…
Teenagers came to the attention of gardaà for public drunkenness far more often than any other crime type last year, according to the annual report of the committee monitoring the…
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol related issues, today welcomed the drop in youth crime figures but noted that alcohol remained a leading cause of children coming to…
Drink drivers get behind the wheel because they feel more sober than they actually are, a new study claims. Drivers who have had a drink hours previously may feel sober…
Minimum pricing for alcohol in clubs and supermarkets should be introduced as soon as possible, Alex Attwood has said. Buy one get one free, women drinking for nothing and all-you-can-swallow…
Drink drivers involved in collisions will escape mandatory breath testing after legal problems were identified in the new legislation, the Irish Independent has learned. The new law, which obliges gardai…
Ivan the Terrible ramped up its production, Mikhail Gorbachev banned it and Boris Yeltsin wandered the streets of Washington in his underpants after consuming too much of it. Now President…
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, congratulated the country's 59,000 Leaving Cert students but reminded them in the run-up to celebrations that they have a choice about…