German discount chain Aldi posted all-time record market share growth in Ireland of nearly 30 per cent for the 12 weeks ending 30 September 2012 according to latest figures released by Kantar World panel.

THE VINTNERS’ FEDERATION of Ireland has hit out at plans by Diageo to put up the price of a pint. A pint of Guinness as well as Budweiser and Carlsberg is expected to rise by about five cent.

Drunken youngsters who think nothing of drinking a box of bourbon and Coke in one night have sparked a rise in serious assaults, a Christchurch addiction expert says.

From the Huffington Post UK Time Out magazine has been ordered to cease publishing an advert for "London's Biggest Pub Crawl" after the advertising watchdog declared it was "socially irresponsible".…

BRIAN O'CONNOR in The Irish Times TIPPING POINT : Should something as generally positive and healthy as sport be seen in bed with alcohol and all its attendant health risks?…

From the Irish Exmainer By Cormac O ’Keeffe Monday, October 08, 2012 Government departments repeatedly lobbied against proposals to end sport sponsorship by the drinks industry, internal memos show. Documents obtained…

From the Irish Examiner By Cormac O ’Keeffe Monday, October 08, 2012 Two organisations associated with the drinks industry rejected assertions they intended to undermine the report of the Government-appointed expert…

From the Irish Independent MORE than 80pc of Irish people know somebody who is being damaged by alcohol, according to a worrying new study. Nearly one in three say they…

The Department of Justice accused two drinks’ industry groups involved in a Government alcohol strategy committee of trying to

Two organisations associated with the drinks industry rejected assertions they intended to undermine the report of the Government-appointed expert group on alcohol.