For: Fiona Ryan, Director Alcohol Action Ireland Cheap alcohol in Ireland is fuelling a crisis that is costing us over €3.7 billion a year in health, crime, public order and ancillary costs.

on 06/02/2012 00:00:00 Four ministers are understood to have raised concerns over proposals that would phase out alcohol sponsorship of sports and arts events, and also limit the advertising of alcohol on television and the internet.

A report commissioned by the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland, ‘The Estimates of Average Adult Alcohol Consumption 2001-2011’, suggests that the average consumption per person fell to 12 litres a year, representing a 17% drop over the decade.

THE AVERAGE alcohol consumption per person fell in the last decade to 12 litres per year – 17 per cent below the 2001 peak, according to an industry report.

Health authorities have decided upon a cross-border strategy on a minimum price for alcohol.

A body representing the off-licence trade has called for the introduction of minimum pricing on alcohol and a ban on below-cost selling, moves the Government has already signalled it is examining.

The Committee on Health and Children today, Thursday, 10th November continued its examination of the effects of alcohol marketing on young people when it met with a selection of industry representatives and Alcohol Action Ireland, a national charity for alcohol-related issues.

Ballina father calls on Government to tackle ?plague? of cheap alcohol Anton McNulty The Ballina father of a teenage suicide victim recently told an Oireachtas committee that the government owes it to its citizens to protect it from the ?plague? of cheap alcohol.

A MAJORITY of teenagers claimed they watched pornography on the internet and more than one-third said it was educational, according to an online survey.

Alcohol consumption causes approximately four percent of all deaths worldwide and is responsible for roughly five percent of global diseases. A study of alcohol consumption in Tuscany, Italy has found that alcoholics have signif