A call has been made for Minister for Communications Alex White not to accept the nomination of the outgoing chief executive of Mature Enjoyment of Alcohol in Society (Meas) to…
After dispatching a fine pint of ale recently, I spied my beer mat through the bottom of the empty glass. “Support your local,” it exhorted, “reverse excise: create jobs.” The…
When offered alcohol, Say ’When' Sooner is the message from the Irish Heart Foundation for Heart Month in September. From The Irish Times The consequences of drinking more than the…
Ireland needs to “turn off the tap of cheap alcohol to some of the most vulnerable individuals” in society, the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform has heard.…
Ireland remains one of the worst countries in the world for binge drinking, although overall consumption rates are falling, according to a report by the World Health Organisation. From The…
An almost 17 per cent increase in the number of people returning for treatment over a five-year period reflects a growth in the number of cases of chronic alcohol problems,…
Irish people suffer the ill effects of the consumption of alcohol by others more than their counterparts in Australia, Canada and the United States, according to a study by the…
“If alcohol didn't exist and it was discovered, I don't think there's a government in the world that would allow it,” said Alastair Campbell, the former Labour government spin doctor,…