Tackle alcohol pricing to cut €3.7 billion bill from alcohol-related harm National charities and medical representative organisations back call for minimum pricing Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related…
Women can increase their risk of breast cancer by drinking as little as three small glasses of wine a week, a study has found. Alcohol is a known risk factor…
TRANSPORT Minister Leo Varadkar has rejected claims that a penalty points system introduced as part of a new crackdown on drink driving is a soft touch. The new regime, in…
By Noel Baker Wednesday, October 26, 2011 MORE people with chronic alcohol addiction are being referred to Cork-based treatment services, with experts claiming one factor could be the role of…
A Government minister has revealed plans to end the sale of cheap drink by imposing a minimum price on top of taxes and excise duties. Roisin Shortall, junior minister in the Department of Health, claimed the bottom line was needed amid calls to tackle alcohol misuse.
One child in 11 is living with a parent who has a serious alcohol or drug abuse problem, Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said. Ms Fitzgerald, who took the figure from a 2009 study, was speaking at the publication yesterday of three booklets to help children and adults cope with parental
JUNIOR Transport Minister Alan Kelly secured a special train to take him and Tipperary supporters to Dublin for the All-Ireland senior hurling final. While most Tipperary and Kilkenny fans travelling to the match had to be on 'dry' services, the special service used by Mr Kelly sold alcohol.
THE recently-retired Dublin coroner has expressed concern about binge drinking among young people and said it is surprising that greater numbers do not die from the effects of alcohol, considering what they drink.
A DECISION by one of the State’s leading supermarket chains to sell two bottles of red wine for just €5 today as part of a special promotional campaign has been condemned as “irresponsible†by Minister of State for Health RóisÃn Shortall.
IT was Ireland's national commercial celebration of alcohol yesterday. We do the non-commercial celebration of alcohol on St Patrick's Day when around the globe we drink like fish to remind everyone that we have a serious national problem with the sauce.