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6th February 2015
Move against cheap drink welcome but ban on sports sponsorship is neededMinister for Health Leo Varadkar and the Government should be wholly supported in taking steps this week to deal with the catastrophic consequences of Ireland’s unhealthy relationship with alcohol.
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6th February 2015
Drug-related deaths up 50% since 2004, Dáil hearsDrug-related deaths have increased by 50 per cent since records began in 2004, according to the Minister for Health.
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6th February 2015
E-cigarettes can damage lungs like tobacco, study claimsE-cigarettes generate toxic chemicals similar to those found in tobacco and may harm the lungs and immune system, new research suggests.
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5th February 2015
NI ‘must follow’ ROI on alcohol pricingProposals were put forward by Irish Health Minister Leo Varadkar earlier this week which would make it illegal to sell drink below a set price in the Republic.
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5th February 2015
Cutting alcohol consumption: details of new BillAdvertising alcoholic drinks in a way intended to appeal to children will be banned as part of the Government’s new legislation designed to reduce consumption.
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5th February 2015
Shortall: New drink laws fall shortThe Coalition’s proposed measures to tackle alcohol misuse do not go far enough and are unlikely to be delivered before the general election, former junior health minister Róisín Shortall has said.
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4th February 2015
Alcohol legislation ‘most far reaching yet’, VaradkarMinister for Health Leo Varadkar has described the range of measures announced on Tuesday to reduce alcohol consumption as the most far reaching yet to curb the misuse of alcohol.
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4th February 2015
Drink blitz sees bottle of wine rise to €9 minimumA bottle of wine would cost a minimum of €8.80 and a can of beer at least €2.20 under proposals aimed at outlawing cheap alcohol sales.
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4th February 2015
Government publishes far-reaching measures to tackle alcohol misuseCabinet has today (3 February 2015) signed off on far-reaching proposals to reduce alcohol consumption and tackle alcohol misuse which will help Ireland to cut alcohol consumption to the OECD average by 2020 and reduce the harm associated with alcohol misuse.
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4th February 2015
There’s no heroin here, it’s only a Dublin thing’ – it’s complete liesWhen she was just nine years old, Grace Dyas found a syringe in her garden. That experience led her to travelling the country in her early twenties to find out more about addiction, which culminated in the Theatreclub play Heroin.
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