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Booze-up at the Aviva underlines dark nature of alcohol sponsorship of sport
On the afternoon of Tuesday 4th February 2025, RTÉs ‘Liveline’ show was inundated with calls from Irish rugby fans raising concerns about the scale of alcohol consumption at that weekend’s
Alcohol control enforcement in Ireland: A paper tiger
Guest blog by Dr Frank Houghton, Director of Social Sciences ConneXions, Technological University of the Shannon Alcohol represents a clear threat to health and well-being both in Ireland and globally.
Irish government the perfect mixer for alcohol industry
Ease of access to corridors of power in Ireland enables alcohol industry to drive harms and inequities in a political and economic system that privileges corporations at the expense of
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: How Big Alcohol lobbying diluted a historic public health breakthrough
Guest Blog by Emil Juslin, Director of Advocacy at IOGT-NTO Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, and the following BECA report in the European Parliament were initially groundbreaking initiatives on European alcohol
All publicity is good publicity for alcohol industry as it uses zero-alcohol products to circumvent public health rules
Introduction Alcohol is advertised to us in a variety of ways. Sponsorship at sports and music events, products promoted in our favourite movies and TV shows, and displays in shops
