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29th January 2014
Minister calls for nightclubs review after crush injuriesYouth Affairs Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said all entertainment venues should review their promotions and security arrangements after a teenage girl was left critically ill when a crush developed outside a city nightclub.
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29th January 2014
Drinkers’ risk of skin cancer risesPeople who regularly drink alcohol increase their risk of skin cancer by around a fifth, research suggests.
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29th January 2014
E-cig distributors welcome under-18s ban, call for regulationE-cigarettes will soon be banned for young people aged under-18 – and the move has been welcomed by the products’ distributors.
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28th January 2014
Alcohol charity calls for legislation to regulate drinks promotions and advertising which encourageAlcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, has criticised the type of drinks promotion that led to a huge crowd of young people gathering outside a Dublin nightclub on Monday.
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28th January 2014
Young people believe alcohol facilitates the majority of ‘sexual hook ups’Young people are totally unable to talk about sex, let alone negotiate consent, finds a new report by the Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) on young people, alcohol and sex.
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28th January 2014
Cancer levels will double by 2040, report revealsThe latest projections from the National Cancer Registry (NCRI) show that, with the exception of leukaemia in males, all cancer types are projected to increase.
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28th January 2014
Government failing to prevent rape and sexual violence while alcohol gets offenders off the hook.Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald this morning (28th Jan.) launches new Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) research on Young People, Alcohol and Sex, undertaken by Pádraig MacNeela and his research team in NUI Galway.
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27th January 2014
How more people died on methadone than heroin in IrelandMore methadone users than heroin users died in one year in Ireland, according to new figures.
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27th January 2014
Investigating Cannabis: Weeding out crimeTo one seasoned community worker, who is far from a scaremonger, the cannabis now is not cannabis as previous generations know it.
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26th January 2014
On cannabis, it’s still Ming versus the mercilessIn the US, even Barack Obama wants an open discussion on drugs. In Ireland that debate is set to stagnate.
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