The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has today issued an invitation to interested individuals and groups to have their say on proposed legislation on alcohol. 13 February 2015…
BMJ Editorial Mike Daube, professor of health policy m.daube@curtin.edu.au Industry lobbying and promotion are rife and unchecked by governments Given the harms attributed to alcohol use, it is not surprising…
The more a Facebook user gets involved in alcohol-related pages or posts – whether it's a like, share or comment – the more likely that person is to consider drinking…
Comforted by regular headlines that moderate drinking is good for your health and will prolong your life? From The Sydney Morning Herald A new study published in a leading medical…
The Government's announcement this week of new measures to reduce alcohol consumption is a watershed. From The Irish Times The health and social impacts of our patterns of alcohol use…
Plans to place the existing voluntary code of sports sponsorship on a statutory footing will do more harm than good, and will act as a barrier to alcohol harm reduction…
Cabinet has today signed off on far-reaching proposals to reduce alcohol consumption and tackle alcohol misuse which will help Ireland to cut alcohol consumption to the OECD average by 2020…
An average of 20 people were arrested every single day over the Christmas period on suspicion of drunk driving, An Garda Siochana has said. From IrishHealth.com It has just released…
The thing about cheap drink, is that there tends to be drink involved. When you're talking about cheap food, or cheap petrol, you're usually talking about a finite quantity -…
A group project by Cork students looking at teenage alcohol consumption has claimed top prize at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS. From The Irish Times…