News

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16th February 2015
US teens try e-cigs before tobaccoMore American teenagers are choosing e-cigarettes as their introduction to smoking than traditional tobacco products, a study has shown.
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16th February 2015
Battle continues in Dublin’s war on drugsIt’s taken a long time but the efforts to tackle the problem of drug related activity in Dublin city centre seem to having an effect.
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14th February 2015
Frances Black launches book of poems and art in aid of RISEPoetry and art are came together in style on Friday night as two north Kerry talents launched a book in aid of a charity that’s having a massive impact in helping families dealing with addicition issues.
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13th February 2015
New appointment of former lobbyist to RTE board does the State no serviceAnother day, another State board appointments controversy. It’s long past time for this Government to take good corporate governance standards seriously. But no sign of it so far.
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13th February 2015
‘Toxic Romance’ with alcohol must stopThe head of a new campaign to stop out of control drinking in Ireland says our relationship with alcohol is like a toxic romance that has to change.
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13th February 2015
Industry-led alcohol awareness campaign criticisedAllowing a drinks company to fund a public health campaign on alcohol and to “frame the debate” is wrong, a children’s rights campaigner has said.
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13th February 2015
Diageo to launch careful drinking campaignDiageo, the country’s largest drinks company and owner of Guinness, is to pour millions into a public awareness campaign aimed at preventing excessive drinking.
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13th February 2015
Responsible drinking campaign rejects criticism over Diageo fundingThe chairman of a new responsible drinking campaign funded by a drinks company says that if it is not independent it is not going to happen.
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13th February 2015
Stop Out-of-Control Drinking campaign criticised over Diageo linkA new campaign to stop “out-of-control” drinking in Ireland funded by drinks giant Diageo came under strong criticism over the Diageo link at its launch on Thursday.
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13th February 2015
Criticism of new alcohol awareness campaign funded by industryA youth campaigner has attacked a new campaign to tackle alcohol abuse, which he says can’t work because it’s funded by the drinks giant, Diageo.