MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter has ordered a review of the penalties which can be imposed on publicans for serving alcohol to customers who are already drunk.

THE TRAGIC death of Graham Parish from acute alcohol poisoning in 2008 and the subsequent court case in which two bar staff at Hayes Hotel in Thurles, Co Tipperary were charged with manslaughter has focused attention on the absence of liquor liability legislation in this State.

Irish teens drink too often and too much, but are their parents to blame, wonders Clint Witchalls

THE Road Safety Authority has called on the owners of pubs, hotels and restaurants, as well as private party hosts to show greater responsibility towards the safety of their customers.

I WRITE to express appreciation for your editorial and the Alcohol and Ireland supplement (May 6).

AS a new TD who called on the Government to seriously pursue a ban on the advertising of alcoholic drinks recently in Dáil Eireann, I must congratulate you on your supplement on alcohol.

Irish Medical Times | By Aoife Connors. ICGP members have proposed that the College should advocate the banning of alcohol advertising and below-cost selling of alcohol.

ALCOHOL is a far bigger menace in Irish society than illegal drugs and tackling the problem will form a key part of a new National Drug Strategy to be launched later this year, a government minister has said.

Ireland has a bigger problem with alcohol than with drugs, the Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy said yesterday. Róisín Shortall said she was particularly concerned about the availability of alcohol for young people.

Women are now being targeted by the booze industry, but even low levels of daily drinking come with health risks