Study finds 80% of Irish women drink during pregnancy
A high level of alcohol consumption in pregnancy has been reported by an international birth study led by researchers in Cork who found Ireland had the highest proportion of drinking…
Keeping arts in the black can be a risky business
One of the most interesting conversations about the arts this year didn't take place on radio or at a summer-school panel or in a subcommittee hearing or at MindField at…
Role of alcohol in suicide must spur Cabinet to action
Labour TD Robert Dowds has said that Minister for Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch, really put it up to the Cabinet to introduce tough legislation to discourage the use of alcohol…
Alcohol and pregnancy — ‘Think before you Drink’ First all-island guide on alcohol and pregnancy
Every year on the 9th September, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day is observed to raise awareness of the risks of consuming alcohol during pregnancy. To coincide with this…
Setting the record straight – a letter on minimum pricing
Letter published in The Irish Times on Friday, September 6 Sir, – Dan O'Brien (Business Opinion, August 23rd), claims that the case for higher prices to cut consumption was weak…
Alcohol has ‘enormous bearing’ on suicide and self-harm rates, says Lynch
Alcohol has an “enormous bearing” on suicide and self-harm rates in Ireland, Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch said yesterday. From The Irish Times She was…
Abuse of alcohol is strongly linked to self-harming cases
MANY of the 9,400 people who are seeking help in hospital A&E departments after self-harming have been drinking alcohol. From Independent.ie The number of these patients who have deliberately injured…
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