Dr Bobby Smyth, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Board Member of Alcohol Action Ireland: We have a major alcohol problem in Ireland. It kills 1,200 people per year. There…
I am Dr William Flannery and I am the Chair of the Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry of the College of Psychiatry of Ireland. The College has repeatedly called for the…
By SIOBHÃN HOLLIMAN Sylwia Gryczvk, Karyn Cronin, both from Teo Nua, Bernie Smith, Eleanor Burke, Irene Murphy, Youth Work Ireland, Galway, Teresa O'Dowd, St Jarlath’s College, and Deirdre Burke, Youth Work Ireland, Galway.
FIFTY per cent of crimes committed by offenders between the ages of 12 and 18 in Castlebar last year were alcohol related, it has been revealed. Garda Mick Fahy, garda…
Alcohol Action Ireland will address the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on the issue of alcohol industry sponsorship of sports tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. The Committee will be resuming its…
Representatives from Alcohol Action Ireland and the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland will be before the Committee on Transport and Communications to discuss the implications of a possible ban on the sponsorship of major sporting events by alcohol drinks companies.
New rules on minimum pricing for alcohol and guidelines for drink advertising for sports events will be signed off this week by the Department of Health before going to Cabinet.…
More than 500 public health professionals, health scientists and NGOs from 60 countries - inlcuding Alcohol Action Ireland - recently signed a joint Statement of Concern about the activities of…
A letter to The Irish Times from Dr Michael Loftus Sir, – Your article describing the reality of life for certain children in today's Ireland (News Agenda, April 5th) makes…
Every two in three adults and 25 per cent of pregnant women in Ireland are overweight or obese, and 20 per cent of children are overweight. ”¢ An estimated 12…