The question I ask myself is why do major alcohol companies sponsor sport?
Alcohol abuse is the curse of the Irish and any attempts by the Government to change our attitude to drink must be welcomed. There are two sides to the argument…
Gilmore backs ban on alcohol sponsorship
The Government is on a collision course over proposals to address alcohol misuse by banning drink companies from sponsoring major sporting events. From the Irish Examiner It has emerged that…
Practice nurses can ID alcohol problems
Nurses working in GP practices are ideally placed to identify patients with alcohol problems, it has been claimed. According to Linda Latham, an advanced nurse practitioner working in a medical practice in Dublin, the abuse of alcohol in Irish society continues to be a major problem, resulting in '
I didn’t have a ‘drink problem’, but I had a problem with the way I was drinking
I can chart the major events of most of my adult life in glasses of wine. There was the one – crisp and white – I had in a sunny…
We need to reclaim sport from the drinks industry
As specialists in liver disease, my colleagues and I have seen at first hand the results of the increase in alcohol consumption of recent years. As a nation, we are…
Government needs to show leadership and put public health first by implementing all the proposed alcohol harm-reduction measures in the national strategy
Alcohol Action Ireland welcomes the Department of Health's indication that it will tackle the pricing, marketing and availability of alcohol Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol related issues,…
Sport cannot be intimately linked to alcohol, says Minister
New legislation banning drink sponsorship of sporting events was required because sport cannot be “so intimately related to drinking”, Minister of State for Trade and Development Joe Costellohas said. From…
Mixed reaction to proposed drinks sponsorship ban
Doctors have welcomed Government plans to address alcohol misuse, but sports chiefs have warned removing sponsorship by drinks groups could leave huge funding shortages. From the Irish Examiner Ministers are…
Cross-party group to fight proposed ban on alcohol sponsorship
A CROSS-party committee is set to oppose the banning of alcohol sponsorship of major sporting events such as the Heineken Cup, as cabinet divisions on the issue continue. From the…
Varadkar resists drink firm sports ban date
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar is resisting moves to pinpoint a date by which drink firms should be banned from sponsoring big sporting events in a Government clampdown on…
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