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19th June 2014
Last orders on student alcohol misuseFollowing last year’s success at the Irish Healthcare Awards, UCC’s Dr Michael Byrne believes momentum is gathering to have a sector-wide approach to the issue of alcohol misuse among students. Dara Gantly reports.
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19th June 2014
Parents ‘over-reliant’ on medication to treat mental health issuesMore and more families are experiencing mental health problems and when they do, services are often inadequate, with an over-reliance on medication, according to a report published today.
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19th June 2014
Smoke and mirrors as Big Tobacco fights Australian plain packaging lawRupert Murdoch-owned newspaper the Australian has declared in a front page “exclusive” that plain packaging for cigarettes has failed because sales have gone up.
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18th June 2014
One-third of swimmer deaths involve alcohol, Irish Water Safety warnsIrish Water safety is reminding people to take care when swimming in open water during the hot spell.
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18th June 2014
Tobacco lobby steps up campaign against plain packagingIrish and American business interests stepped up their lobbying campaign against plain tobacco packaging as the Government moved last week to approve legislation on the measure.
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17th June 2014
Minister: I keep an eye on cannabis legalisation in other countries (And yes, I’ve tried it)Junior minister Alex White has said that he does not think Ireland is in a position to fully legalise cannabis but that he keeps “a very close eye” on what’s happening internationally.
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17th June 2014
Think e-cigarettes are harmful? 37% of Irish people believe they areResearch into E-cigarettes by the British Medical Journal has found that 37 per cent of people surveyed in Ireland believe that e-cigarettes are harmful.
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17th June 2014
Noonan: No gain from further tobacco price riseHiking the price of a packet of cigarettes will produce no financial gain for the exchequer, Finance Minister Michael Noonan claimed.
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17th June 2014
Reilly’s cigarette pack ban at least three years awayHealth Minister James Reilly’s clampdown on cigarette packets won’t come in for another three years – if it ever makes it into law.
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16th June 2014
Almost a third of parents using medicines to get child to sleep, claims health expertIt has been claimed that nearly a third of Irish parents use over-the-counter medicine to get their child to sleep.
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