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26th December 2015
Cork Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force wants injecting centres to be established in cityThe Cork Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force has called for medically supervised injecting centres to be established, where required, outside Dublin.
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23rd December 2015
Varadkar still committed to plan for minimum alcohol pricingMinister for Health asks officials to study judgment by European Court of Justice
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23rd December 2015
Drug addicts: Irish minister calls for ‘more sympathetic’ approachThe Irish minister responsible for drugs strategy is calling for the decriminalisation of possession of small quantities of drugs, including class A substances like heroin.
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23rd December 2015
European court set to pave way for minimum drink pricesHealth officials are already working to set up a ban on cheap booze in anticipation of today’s final ruling by the European Court of Justice on minimum pricing of alcohol.
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23rd December 2015
ECJ to rule on cigarette pack health warningsThe European Court of Justice is due to issue a preliminary ruling this morning on an EU directive which could see health warnings cover nearly two-thirds of cigarette packs.
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21st December 2015
Young Irish are bingeing on alcohol and cocaineRehab centre says number of addicts aged 18 to 25 has trebled in two years
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21st December 2015
So, where can I get a decent (booze-free) drink around here?If anyone is kind enough to invite me to a party at this time of the year, the first thing I do is make for the drinks trolley to see what’s on offer. And nine times out of ten, I’m disappointed. There’s so little to drink, for the likes of me.
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21st December 2015
‘Are you willing to say goodbye to everyone and everything just for one night of fun?’ - mother of tThe mother of Dublin teenager Ana Hick, who died after taking what is suspected to have been ecstasy at a city nightclub this summer, has warned other young people who are tempted to take the drug to think twice.
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17th December 2015
Alcohol and minimum unit pricingAlcohol and minimum unit pricing
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17th December 2015
Fines for smoking in car with kids will be enforced from JanuaryThe Government will today confirm that, from the start of the new year, anyone caught smoking in a car with children present will face prosecution.
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