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Laura’s story
Guest blog by Laura Berková Laura Berková There is different way of life Growing up with an addicted parent is like hell on earth, I can tell you. Especially when
Poring over the evidence: HIQA’s compelling case to reduce Ireland’s lower-risk alcohol guidelines
Europe is the heaviest drinking region in the world, and Ireland consumes alcohol at a rate around the European average. According to Healthy Ireland survey data 71% of the population
Labelling fiasco has seen Ireland go from world leader to bystander
Guest blog by Sinéad Gibney TD Forty years ago this month, the then Minister for Health Barry Desmond put his signature to a regulation requiring health warnings on cigarette packets.
Polling shows government parties out of tune with voters on alcohol labelling
Polling data from Ireland Thinks, carried out on behalf of Alcohol Action Ireland, has found that two in three people support requiring health information labels on alcohol products, including warnings
Fact-checked or fiction? Where is the scrutiny of alcohol industry’s tall tales?
Some people will say anything In most cases, professionally and personally, the utterances of organisations and individuals are thoroughly investigated for veracity and accuracy – in essence, you are held
Expert analysis: Alcohol and cancer
Guest blog by Dr Breeda Neville Alcohol and cancer Cancer is now the leading cause of death in Ireland. It is responsible for almost 1/3 of all deaths each year1.
Ireland’s success in decreasing alcohol consumption is not to be sniffed at – it has nothing to do with cocaine
No evidence to claim Irish people are substituting cocaine for alcohol Recently, provisional datasets from Ireland’s Revenue Commissioners indicated that alcohol consumption had decreased slightly to 9.45 litres per capita
Government must get its Act together to give PHAA the renewed impetus it requires
Why the Public Health (Alcohol) Act is more relevant than ever On 10 March 2015, in front of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, expert medical witnesses described
A symbol of truth – why alcohol industry is hellbent on keeping people in the dark over risk of FASD
This is the simple message the alcohol industry does not want you to see – a warning symbol to inform the public of the danger of alcohol consumption when pregnant.
Power, influence and misinformation – alcohol industry opposition to public health measures
Introduction The alcohol industry is a multi-billion-euro sector with considerable influence to shape government policy, public perception, cultural norms, and consumer behaviour through the power they wield with the media
Alcohol industry using every dirty trick in the playbook to muddy the waters around labelling
On Wednesday, 3 October 2018, one of the most researched, analysed, and debated pieces of legislation in the history of the Irish state made its final journey through Dáil Eireann.
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
Claims and ‘counter’ claims – Alcohol industry’s internal disagreements regarding Sale of Alcohol Bill highlight ill-considered nature of proposed legislation
Newly obtained documents show representatives of the pub trade and restaurant sector at odds with each other over just who gets to sell the extra alcohol In October 2022 the
Fear, love and omerta in the home
Children the victims of alcohol harm’s collateral damage A third of children in Ireland are living with a parent who regularly binge drinks or is dependent on alcohol and a
Determined focus by government needed to comprehensively address alcohol harm
It is probably no surprise to say that alcohol harms permeate multiple areas of Irish society. Just some of these harms include the ill health of individuals with sadly over
Alcohol taxes must increase, for good of our nation’s health
Guest blog by Dr Catherine Conlon A new report this month from the Lancet commission states that alcohol price controls should be among the steps used to reduce high alcohol
