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4th July 2012
Shatter & Shortall condemn Centra “Children’s Allowance Deals”Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Minister of State Róisín Shortall were today critical of the Centra “Children’s Allowance Specials” promotion which included alcohol at discount prices.
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3rd July 2012
Centra apologises and withdraws ‘Children’s Allowance Day’ beer offerCentra has apologised and said that it is withdrawing its controversial promotional leaflet advertising beer offers as part of its ‘Children’s Allowance Day Deals’.
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3rd July 2012
‘Children’s Allowance’ drink deal slatedCentra has today apologised for a promotion run in four of its stores, which targeted Child Benefit recipients with offers of low price alcohol.
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3rd July 2012
Ireland’s first ever recovery walk to be held in Dublin’s docklandsThe Recovery Walk is an international event designed to build awareness and community support around the concept of addiction Recovery.
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2nd July 2012
‘Dramatic shift’ to herbal cannabisThere has been a “dramatic shift” in the European cannabis market — including in Ireland — away from resin to herbal cannabis.
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1st July 2012
Minister Shortall chairs British Irish Council Ministerial Meeting on the Misuse of DrugsRoisin Shortall T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Care in the Department of Health, on Friday chaired a Ministerial Meeting of the British-Irish Council Sectoral Group on the Misuse of Drugs in St Helier, Jersey.
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1st July 2012
Sobering lessons for young Irish abroadTHINGS ain’t what they used to be.
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1st July 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas Written Answers - Substance MisuseDeputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to the public health recommendations in the recent report of the strategic response group to build sustainable street level drug services and address related public nuisance;
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26th June 2012
Soilse’s 20th anniversary celebrationsSoilse is the Health Serive Executive’s addiction rehabilitation service and is based in Dublin.
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24th June 2012
Group urges training for alcohol sellersThe Government has been urged to introduce a national training scheme for people who sell alcohol to ensure their safety.