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

Pregnant women who drink as little as a glass of wine a week could be putting their babies at risk, according to new research which contracts recent studies indicating that an occasional tipple is harmless.

MINIMUM prices for each unit of alcohol and specific warnings on content are among the considerations in a major report due to be delivered to the Minister for Health.

THE GOVERNMENT is preparing legislation that could see manufacturers of wines, beers and spirits forced to print stark warnings of the dangers of over-consumption of alcohol on bottles, cans and all promotional material.

Students at Ireland's Trinity Ball were given a tongue lashing this weekend over their drunken behaviour -- by a British pop singer they jetted in to perform at the event.

Alcoholic drinks cans and bottles sold in Ireland will soon carry stark health warnings similar to those on cigarette packets, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal.

REDUCING ALCOHOL intake would reduce the number of cancer cases in the Republic, the Irish Cancer Society has said. It was responding to the results of a major European study, published online by the British Medical Journal , which found that up to one in 10 cancers in men and one in 33 in women co

One in 10 cancers in men, and one in 33 in women, across western Europe are caused by drinking, new medical research reveals. The extensive investigation into the impact of alcohol on health shows that while even small amounts increase the risk, drinking above recommended limits causes the majority

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS face a tighter squeeze following another sharp increase in consumer prices in March, new figures from the Central Statistics Office show.

ALMOST A third of the liver transplants carried out in the State each year are on patients with a history of alcohol abuse, the director of the national liver transplant programme has said.