Off-licences warned on home sales
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…
Alcohol link to most arrests of teenagers
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…
Easy access to cheap drink makes tackling youth crime more difficult, says alcohol charity
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 ‘feel sober’
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…
Call for minimum alcohol pricing
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 in collisions to escape forced breath testing
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…
The Guardian (Russia) – Moscow bans overnight sales of vodka in Dmitry Medvedev’s war on alcohol
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 charity warns of ‘cheap booze’ ahead of Leaving Cert celebrations
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…
Brewer’s droop and other ailments
We all know that alcohol consumption takes its toll on the liver. But did you know that alcohol is linked to a number or other problems? 1 Gastro-intestinal disease Alcohol…
Why that quiet drink at home can play havoc with your health
Peter Dunne loves wine. After all, it's his business. As a director of Mitchell and Sons Wine Merchants, it's his bread and butter -- as well as a lifelong passion.…
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