When the UK Government abandoned its proposal to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol in July 2013, it argued there was a lack of concrete evidence that the policy would…
The danger associated with excessive alcohol consumption is under the public spotlight again following at least one tragic death linked to the 'neknomination' craze; a crush outside a 'Messy Mondays'…
IT'S Wednesday night and we're around the kitchen table. Unusually for a week night, some friends are over, the craic is good, and the wine is flowing. From the Irish…
THERE can hardly be anyone who hasn't heard of NekNominate. The idiotic internet phenomenon reached our shores in recent days with tragic consequences, being linked to the deaths of two…
A survey conducted by the Probation Service found a very high rate of drug use among offenders aged 20 or younger on supervision in the community. From the Irish Examiner…
Drinking games are always dangerous. But the latest one, spawned by neknomination and carried on the social networking site Facebook, was particularly pernicious. Facebook management maintained providing a platform for a…
Research among Leaving Certificate male students found that more than eight out of 10 had been drunk during the previous year and that almost half of these reported getting very…
PAT Rabbitte and others who blame social media for the "neknominate" binge-drinking phenomenon are missing the point. From Independent.ie Drink-to-get-drunk culture in Ireland existed long before Facebook or Twitter came…
FOLLOWING ON FROM the death of 19-year-old Jonny Byrne who took part in the ’neknomination' drinking game, Alcohol Action Ireland has warned that the fad is just symptomatic of Ireland's…
A global drive to tackle the causes of cancer linked to lifestyle, such as alcohol abuse, sugar consumption and obesity, has been urged on Monday by the World Health Organisation…