Hospitals carry the €22 million cost of Galway’s drink crisis
More than €22 million has been spent on treating alcohol patients in County Galway hospitals over the past five years – according to figures just released. From The Connacht Tribune…
Plastic surgeons are treating around 200 patients a year who are the victim of alcohol-related bites, new figures show
Patricia Eadie, a surgeon at St James's Hospital in Dublin, said New Year's Day has been dubbed New Ears Day because of the high number of attacks. From Independent.ie She…
Drinks industry and sporting organisations plead case for sponsorship
Representatives of the drinks industry and sporting organisations clashed with Independent TD Luke “Ming” Flanagan, who described alcohol sponsorship of sport as “twisted” at an Oireachtas committee meeting yesterday. From…
Sports needs alcohol sponsorship ‘to survive’, Dail Committee warned
GOVERNMENT investment in sport has shrunk from €311m in 2008 to just €54m this year, meaning the loss of alcohol sponsorship would be very damaging, a Dail Committee heard today.…
Alcohol diseases on the rise in young
Chronic alcohol-related conditions, such as liver disease, are on the increase in Ireland, particularly among younger people, doctors have warned. From IrishHealth.com Wed 24/04/2013 by Deborah Condon According to the…
Industry efforts to curb drinking a ‘joke’
Discharge rates for alcoholic liver disease rose 247% for 15-34 year-olds from 1995-2007 Prof Aiden McCormack of the Irish Society of Gastroenterology accused the alcohol industry of a “conflict of…
Most with liver disease ‘are not alcoholics’
“Habitual” drinkers, not alcoholics, account for most people with alcohol-related liver disease. From the Irish Examiner Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Experts are particularly concerned at the rise in the number…
Alcohol is killing young adults
From The Irish Sun, Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Alcohol disease in young up by 247pc
From The Herald, Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Alcohol sponsorship of sport will be seen as a crazy idea in 15 years, a public health specialist has warned
Alcohol sponsorship of sport will be seen as a crazy idea in 15 years, a public health specialist has warned. From Independent.ie As doctors warned that the number of young…
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