A comprehensive European alcohol advertising ban is "realistically achievable", a new report has concluded. The European restrictions on advertising tobacco, gambling and prescriptive drugs show that there are possibilities for…
There are signs of an increasing trend in the number of people with Alcohol Related Brain Injury (ARBI), according to new research. The soon to be launched study on Alcohol…
A vast majority of men in Ireland are drinking in ways which damages their health, figures show. As Men's Health Week 2011 gets underway, figures show that seven in ten…
Children affected by parental alcohol problems was the theme of a presentation carried out by Alcohol Action Ireland Director Fiona Ryan at the recent Alcohol Focus Scotland conference: Alcohol's harm…
Alcohol-related admissions to hospitals in England have topped 1 million in a year for the first time - and have more than doubled in less than a decade, according to…
An estimated 71,000 children in Ireland are taking care of a parent or siblings due to parental alcohol problems. Speaking during National Carers Week, Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity…
Mandatory training in the responsible serving of alcohol by all staff and licence holders who sell alcohol is needed without delay, according to Alcohol Action Ireland. The call follows the…
Excess drinking is costing the NHS in Wales an estimated £70m a year, according to a new report. The Swansea University study, commissioned by the assembly government, put the cost…
Alcohol consumption has a "significant" influence on suicide levels among young men, new research shows. The study also found that the influence of alcohol consumption is "much larger" than that…
The link between alcohol and cancer risks is to be explored as part of the European Week Against Cancer which gets underway next week. It comes after new research revealed…