News

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7th July 2016
Children of heavy drinkers ‘suffer in silence’Many children whose parents are heavy drinkers grow up worrying about their siblings’ health and safety, while others report being unable to sleep at night because of parents’ partying or recount being verbally and physically abused by drunk parents.
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7th July 2016
New law on drug dealing will criminalise ‘vulnerable addicts’A new law will not combat drug dealing or gangland crime but will criminalise “vulnerable addicts”, it has been claimed in the Dáil.
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6th July 2016
Austerity policies leaving poorest communities vulnerableSuccessive government policies have damaged the country’s poorest communities and undermined local structures to combat the drugs crisis, according to new research.
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5th July 2016
Austerity policies leaving poorest communities vulnerableSuccessive government policies have damaged the country’s poorest communities and undermined local structures to combat the drugs crisis, according to new research.
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4th July 2016
‘I was shocked when I was told I had an alcohol problem. I thought I was normal’Singer and senator Frances Black talks about why she chose to get into politics and what she hopes to achieve.
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4th July 2016
RSA takes aim at drink-driving in rural areas and by youngCEO Moyagh Murdock says mindset needs to change over alcohol, writes Paul Melia
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1st July 2016
Street sale of prescription drugs to be made illegalA bill tackling the illicit street sale of prescription drugs has been passed in the Seanad.
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30th June 2016
Criminalising drugs stigmatises addiction, says Lynn Ruane‘We cannot continue to separate the addict from the dealer,’ says Senator
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28th June 2016
Chemsex: How Ireland can get ahead of the curveAlthough London is the epicentre of the chemsex scene, it is on the rise in Dublin
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28th June 2016
Revealed: The shocking figures behind drink-driving in IrelandOne in four men have admitted drinking and driving, a new poll shows.