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19th March 2014
Scaremongering or safe? The two sides to banning e-cigarettes in restaurants
Could restaurants in Ireland end up banning electronic cigarettes?
18th March 2014
Addiction: A public conversation event by THEATREclub & Depaul Ireland
All events take place in Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Dublin 2.
18th March 2014
From the UK: Cigarette packaging impact studied
Cigarettes in brightly coloured packs are considered to be less harmful than others, a poll suggests prompting health campaigners to renew calls for plain packaging.
18th March 2014
Time to clear the air over use of e-cigarettes
Bucking the trend of declining tobacco sales, e-cigarette sales in Ireland grew by 478% last year, generating €7.3m.
18th March 2014
Children at risk from poverty and drug abuse
The case of a baby girl who was taken into care following her birth, her mother having been taken to hospital with a drug overdose while pregnant, is one of the cases contained in the latest report of the Child Care Law Reporting Project.
16th March 2014
Gardai get tough on city drug pushers
Hundereds of drug dealers have been moved out of Dublin city centre after a shoving match between rival garda districts on either side of the Liffey.
16th March 2014
Policies on alcohol should be fair and equal
Policies for a variety of workplace issues around the areas of safety, sexual harassment and other matters are increasingly common, and a policy
14th March 2014
An alcohol-free Paddy’s Day? Seriously?
Imagine enjoying Monday’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations without feeling the need to imbibe alcohol. For many people, that would be stretching things a bit far. Paddy’s Day without the drink? Sure, that would be like Christmas without the turkey, Pancake Tuesday without the pancakes, Bloomsday without the, er, lemon soap.
14th March 2014
Marijuana tax yield may prove the final blow to war on drugs
The war on drugs, commonly said to have been declared by US president Richard Nixon in 1971, has, by popular acclaim, been lost. There are dissenters, most notably many national governments, but plenty of expert studies have long since declared that the game is up.
13th March 2014
Alcohol Forum says alcohol is wreaking havoc on communities around Ireland
Alcohol Awareness Week officially launched this morning.

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