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Ireland’s high rate of alcohol is related to cancer deaths

  • Post published:16/01/2014
  • Post category:News/Today's Top News

The proportion of alcohol- related deaths from cancer in Ireland is higher than the European average, according to a new study, which calculated Ireland's cancer incidence and mortality rates attributable…

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Study finds heavy drinking link to memory loss

  • Post published:16/01/2014
  • Post category:News

Those consuming more than 36g of alcohol per day ”” equivalent to a pint and a half of medium-strength beer ”” experience noticeable declines in memory and problem-solving skills up…

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‘Neknomination’ social media craze promotes binge drinking

  • Post published:14/01/2014
  • Post category:AAI in the News

A NEW SOCIAL media craze that has reached Irish shores, in which people are encouraged to film themselves chugging back alcoholic drinks, promotes harmful binge drinking, according Alcohol Action Ireland.…

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Public Health (Alcohol) Bill

  • Post published:14/01/2014
  • Post category:News/Today's Top News/Uncategorized

What is the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill? The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill will contain a package of measures designed to tackle our harmful relationship with alcohol, reducing alcohol consumption and…

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Lobbyists: what alcohol and gambling learned from tobacco

  • Post published:14/01/2014
  • Post category:World News

The addiction industries – gambling, alcohol and now sugar – had it tough last week. All are under pressure to defend their industries against increasing evidence of their harm and…

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Why lax parents are really to blame for teenage boozing

  • Post published:13/01/2014
  • Post category:AAI in the News/News

Parents probably wrung their hands at the news that drunk teenagers who turn up at Dublin 4's legendary disco at Old Wesley Rugby Club are looked after in an on-site…

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‘Wet room’ for teens at Wes disco not a nice notion … but it is a necessity

  • Post published:09/01/2014
  • Post category:News

IT'S depressing to hear that the Wezz disco has had to introduce a “drunk-tank” for children who've had too much alcohol. From Independent.ie My eldest will be going to her…

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Below cost alcohol ban 40 times less effective than minimum pricing

  • Post published:08/01/2014
  • Post category:World News

The British Medical Journal's investigation into the role played by the alcohol industry in public health policy focuses on the government's decision to drop its commitment to introduce a minimum…

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Under the influence

  • Post published:08/01/2014
  • Post category:World News

In a BMJ investigation, Jonathan Gornall discovers that the government consultation into introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol in England and Wales was a sham and that politicians ignored…

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Should there be a word for an ‘almost alcoholic’?

  • Post published:08/01/2014
  • Post category:World News

Everybody thinks they know what an "alcoholic" is, but what about those who drink too much but fall short of the common definitions of alcoholism? Should there be a word…

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