Alcohol Action Ireland note the close of the EU Commission's TRIS notification procedure [23.59, Friday 20th April] on Ireland's amended Public Health alcohol legislation. While the 'Comments' received from Member States such as Denmark, France, Greece,…
New research report highlights an untold story: the extraordinary burden on others from Ireland’s harmful use of alcohol. · One in two people have been bothered and harassed, felt afraid and unsafe from strangers’ drinking. · Two in five people are stressed and…
Alcohol Action Ireland today urged the Department of Health to initiate a review of Ireland’s current recommended low-risk drinking guidelines in light of the findings from a recently published study…
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT Brussels, Belgium, 12th March 2018 We deserve better – reaction to alcohol industry self-regulatory proposal for labelling Last year the European Commission provided the alcohol industry with…
Alcohol Action note today’s (6th March) release from Revenue on the provisional alcohol clearance data for 2017 and welcomes a downward indicator for the nation’s alcohol consumption. The data for…
Alcohol Action Ireland today welcomed the commencement of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill before Dáil Éireann this evening (6th Feb). This marks a major milestone for the proposed legislation especially…
Alcohol Action Ireland applaud the Riigikogu (the Estonian parliament) who yesterday (20 Dec) passed innovative and progressive public health measures that will further restrict alcohol sales and advertising conditions in…
Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI) have expressed disappointment on the recent media commentary from alcohol industry groups criticising the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, and more notably the intervention of IBEC, decrying…
Alcohol Action Ireland today welcomed the passage of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, 2015, through Seanad Éireann. This marks a significant milestone for the proposed legislation especially at a time…
This week (20-24 November) marks the fifth year of European Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm (AWARH). The 2017 AWARH aims to galzanise EU and national policy makers into action…