Our teenagers are crying out for help. We have to start listening
IRELAND'S young people are crying out for help. But is anyone listening? We have become so obsessed with the financial crisis, and adjusting to the era of austerity, that perhaps…
Plan to renew measures on tobacco, alcohol and sugar
The introduction of plain-packaged cigarette boxes, an end to drinks industry sponsorship of sporting events and the resurrection of his sugar tax proposal are part of Minister for Health Dr…
25% of senior cycle students are problem drinkers
From the Irish Examiner Thursday, April 04, 2013 Nearly 10% of senior cycle students drink “dangerous levels” of alcohol ”” and another quarter engage in “problem drinking”. By Cormac O'Keeffe…
Revealed: how our bingeing teenagers are drinking themselves into depression
From the Irish Independent Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent – 04 April 2013 ONE in five teenagers is drinking weekly by the time they are in fifth year in school, according…
Significant binge drinking among 5th-years
From irishhealth.com Alcohol consumption among young people in Ireland typically begins around mid-adolescence, with ’significant bingeing' evident by fifth year in secondary school, a new Irish study has found. According…
The lifelong effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and what it costs to us all
A letter to The Irish Times Sir, – The cited €3.7 billion fallout (Editorial, March 27th), of absenteeism, crime and related illnesses from alcohol misuse and abuse does not include…
We must cut sport’s drink links
It's disappointing that the GAA has not taken a stand against alcohol sponsorship, says Colm O'Rourke From the Sunday Independent 31 March 2013 The appearance of the Big Three –…
FAI seeks easing of alcohol rules
From the Sunday Independent Niamh Horan – 31 MARCH 2013 THE FAI plans to ask UEFA to change stadium rules on match days so that soccer fans can enjoy alcoholic beverages…
James Reilly launches ‘Healthy Ireland’ plan and says he supports ban on alcohol sponsorship by 2018
From The Irish Times Minister for Health James Reilly has said he'd “love to see each cigarette costing €1” so that people would “think long and hard before they inhaled long and…
Fines for cyclists and alcohol locks for drivers on the cards
From The Irish Times On the spot fines for cyclists, alcohol locks and rehabilitation courses for those with poor driving skills are among the key recommendations of a new Road…
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