Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly, addressing a parliamentary question from Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, has said "the alcohol industry seeks a role for itself in public health policy areas that…
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the landmark Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. The 1964 report was the first Federal government report linking smoking to…
Personal restraint is unlikely to work when we're being immersed in a culture of alcoholic excess, says Evelyn Gillan Alcohol has been hitting the headlines again. South of the Border,…
Binge drinking and drug abuse among teenagers is a huge worry for most young people in Northern Ireland, a major poll for the Belfast Telegraph today reveals. From the Belfast…
Alcohol Action Ireland has joined an appeal made to the Scotch Whisky Association to immediately drop their legal challenge and bow to the will of the Scottish Parliament. It's the…
I have watched with fascination as successive UK and European governments have pledged to make cheap alcohol a thing of the past by introducing minimum unit pricing or MUP. By…
ALCOHOL Awareness Week has this week got people thinking and talking about alcohol and how it affects us as individuals, families, communities and a society. By encouraging people to examine…
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, has said that a statement issued today (Wednesday) on behalf of ’Drinks Industry Leaders' is merely the latest in a series…
An almost 17 per cent increase in the number of people returning for treatment over a five-year period reflects a growth in the number of cases of chronic alcohol problems,…