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2nd May 2015
Towards a Better City for All: A seminar for frontline servicesThis seminar will feature presentations and discussion about the social, health and economic challenges facing the city.
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1st May 2015
Exam Extremes: ADHD Drug misuse and abuseMatthew Colfer examines the use of brain stimulants by students to perform better in college and work.
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30th April 2015
Action on alcohol reductionA recent clinical meeting heard from experts in their field on the best strategies to manage excessive alcohol consumption. Pat Kelly reports
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30th April 2015
MEPs call for mandatory alcohol calorie labellingMEPs have called on the European Commission to introduce mandatory labelling of calories for alcoholic drinks by 2016 as part of a broader EU strategy on alcohol prevention.
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29th April 2015
Alcoholic drinks should state calorie content, say MEPsPlans for labelling the calorie content of alcoholic beverages should be tabled by the European Commission at the latest in 2016, said MEPs on Wednesday. The resolution calls for a new EU Alcohol Strategy focusing on alcohol consumption by minors and EU-wide labelling to discourage drink driving and drinking while pregnant.
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29th April 2015
Irish politicians won’t be clamping down on alcohol abuse…Irish policy makers are reluctant to act on Ireland’s collective alcohol-problem as they think the public want to be allowed drink at will.
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29th April 2015
Alcohol ‘contributing to obesity’Alcoholic drinks are contributing to obesity and should come with mandatory calorie counts, the chairwoman of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has urged.
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29th April 2015
What the new roadside drug tests will mean for us driversNew roadside drug tests are on the way. That is the big news from the proposed new Road Traffic Bill 2015
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28th April 2015
Coalition criticised for lack of alcohol actionSuccessive governments have paid “lip service” to tackling the damage caused by alcohol, according to one of the country’s leading authorities on alcohol policy.
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28th April 2015
TDs who brag about past drug use need to back law reformLabour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin is the latest Irish politician to admit using drugs but the only one who didn’t break the law to do so. Speaking after his new role of Minister of State with responsibility for Drug Strategy was added to his portfolio, he said he dabbled with drugs once while a student.
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