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28th January 2015
Media Awards deadline approaches, have you entered yet?The Drugs.ie ‘Let’s Talk about Drugs’ National Youth Media Awards is an annual competition which encourages discussion of drug-related issues by inviting young people to produce a piece of original content relating to drug and/or alcohol use.
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28th January 2015
Alcohol Action Ireland critical of mooted voluntary code changeAlcohol Action Ireland have criticised plans to place the existing voluntary code of sports sponsorship on a statutory footing
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28th January 2015
Róisín Shortall: Why the Government should stand firm on sports alcohol sponsorship clampdownNo one in Ireland needs to be convinced of the dreadful problem Irish society faces with the misuse of alcohol.
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27th January 2015
‘Disgrace’ not to ban sports’drink sponsorsMedical and community leaders who were members of an official alcohol strategy group have slammed Government moves to drop plans to ban alcohol sponsorship of sporting events.
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26th January 2015
Community Awareness of Drugs Education Day: “Drugs – What you need to know in 2015”This one day drug education programme is designed to cater for ‘new to post ‘, volunteers and existing community workers. It will be an opportunity for participants to update their knowledge of drugs related matters.
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26th January 2015
One in three wants cannabis legalised, poll saysA third of people believe cannabis should be legalised, despite almost 90pc saying they never or rarely smoke the drug, according to an opinion poll.
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24th January 2015
Minimum alcohol price due; plan dropped for ban on sports sponsorshipA minimum price for alcohol will be formally approved next week.
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24th January 2015
U-turn on alcohol sponsors in sport ‘spineless’Government moves to back away from banning sponsorship of sport by alcohol brands would be “spineless”, a former GAA president has warned.
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24th January 2015
Heroin users and the effect drugs had on themA project shows real-life contemporary users in designer clothes talking about the physical, mental and emotional toll that the drug takes on them. Liz Dunphy reports.
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23rd January 2015
Proposal to end alcohol sponsorship of sports events to be droppedA proposal to end alcohol companies sponsoring major sports events looks set to be dropped.