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19th September 2013
Ireland has second highest rate in the world of cancer and binge drinking, Seanad hearsIreland has the second highest rate of cancer in the world, Minister of State for Health Alex White told the Seanad.
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18th September 2013
Join the National Conversation on Alcohol; Who’s calling the shots?The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland will hold their first public meeting of the 2013/2014 series on Monday September 23rd
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18th September 2013
UCC: ‘Quiet’ housing units may join booze-free apartmentsUCC is considering offering dedicated “quiet housing blocks” for students after three people signed up for its new, alcohol-free accommodation.
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18th September 2013
Keeping up with legal high market ‘impossible’One in six of Ireland’s teens has admitted to using them — the highest proportion in the EU — while one person a week died in Britain as a result of these drugs last year.
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17th September 2013
Eurostat finds Ireland’s youth use ‘legal highs’ the most in EUYoung people in Ireland are the most likely to have tried so-called ‘legal high’ drugs in the entire EU, according to the EU’s official statistics body.
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17th September 2013
Online drug sales put lives in dangerThe Irish Medicines Board has warned that people are putting their lives in danger by taking illegal and fake medicines after it emerged there had been a 60% rise in seizures of sedatives last year.
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16th September 2013
Call for 50c ‘environmental levy’ on packs of 20 cigarettesA 50c environmental levy should be placed on packs of 20 cigarettes and imposed on tobacco companies, ASH Ireland has said.
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16th September 2013
Ministers close to deal on tackling under-age drinkingBanning the sale of cheap booze will not increase the cost of alcohol for all drinkers, but will make it harder for young people to engage in dangerous binge drinking, according to Alex White, the junior health minister.
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16th September 2013
Guess how many students have signed up for UCC’s alcohol-free accommodation?The plan generated huge publicity for UCC when it was announced last month: the Cork university would be giving students the option of living in alcohol free accommodation.
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16th September 2013
‘Family pub night’ plan to curb teen drinking comes under fireA controversial proposal that parents should bring older teenagers to the pub has been criticised for failing to address binge drinking among youngsters.
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