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12th February 2015
Violent undercurrent to Limerick City’s drug problemThe Ana Liffey Drug Project Mid-West have provided a positive response to substance abuse in the city through its ‘low threshold — harm reduction’ model since opening its doors in 2012. Limerick Post reporter Alan Jacques met with its outreach team who work with some of the city’s estimated 800 heroin users.
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11th February 2015
Cabinet approves bill for drug screening on roadsNew measures are to be introduced to allow for drug testing at all road accidents.
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11th February 2015
Benefits of a light tipple ‘may be confined to women over 65More evidence that people should cut back on the booze has emerged as a major new study shows health benefits from drinking alcohol are mainly limited to women aged 65 and over - and even they may have been magnified.
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10th February 2015
Trying for a baby? You should both give up the booze nowNew guidance for pregnant mothers and those trying to conceive has suggested that both prospective parents should give up alcohol entirely while they are trying to have a baby.
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10th February 2015
Over 540 people have been stopped for drink-driving so far this yearOver 540 people have been stopped for drink-driving so far this year.
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9th February 2015
Diarmaid Ferriter: Our ambivalent attitude to drink has been apparent since foundation of StateThe unveiling this week of the proposed heads of the new Public Health (Alcohol) Bill marked the inauguration of a new phase of analysis and comment on Irish alcohol use and misuse.
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9th February 2015
Medical Matters: It’s time we faced up to the binge-drinking elephant in the roomDr Ciara Kelly, a GP and the Operation Transformation medic, attracted some opprobrium recently for her remarks about the alcohol consumption of one of the programme’s leaders.
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7th February 2015
Alcohol proposals are not about blame or punishmentAlcohol proposals are not about blame or punishment. New measures to reduce alcohol use are a watershed in public health policy.
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7th February 2015
Isolating ‘puppet master’ gang leaders should stem the supply of drugs in prisonsStemming the flow of drugs in Irish prisons should start with isolating gang leaders, said the Irish Prison Officers’ Association.
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7th February 2015
A note to Leo Varadkar: ‘Upping the price of booze won’t stop alcoholics in their gallop’A note to Leo Varadkar: ‘Upping the price of booze won’t stop alcoholics in their gallop’.
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