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13th April 2012
Drinks body tried to alter damning report
A group representing the drinks industry sought to alter paragraphs and remove figures on alcohol-related rape and domestic violence from a special report shaping Government policy.
13th April 2012
Alcohol industry in fight for bottom line
In his foreword in the National Substance Misuse Strategy steering group report, released last February, group chairman Dr Tony Holohan spoke of Ireland’s “long and sometimes difficult association with alcohol”.
12th April 2012
We need to take a legislative stand on behalf of the voiceless
Make it illegal says John Crown
12th April 2012
Prescribing exams on the GP horizon?
Gary Culliton spoke with Prof Patrick Murray, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Consulting Physician, ahead of IMT’s annual GP Practice Management Seminar to be held this month.
10th April 2012
Independent off-licences blame closure rate on below-cost alcohol sales by supermarkets
The specialist off-licence sector will “die a death within five years” unless the Government “urgently” implements key Department of Health recommendations to address alcohol abuse, its representative group has claimed.
9th April 2012
Eilis O’Hanlon: We’re adults: it’s time the drink nannies grew up too
Yes, we drink differently than the Italians. Let’s stop spending money on this non-problem, writes Eilis O’Hanlon
6th April 2012
Remembrance Service
To Commemorate The Lives Lost Through Alcohol and Drug Addiction
5th April 2012
Moderate alcohol impacts on breast cancer risk
A new review of research that looks at the relationship between alcohol consumption and breast cancer has found that low level or moderate drinkers who consume just one drink a day have a 5 per cent increased risk of breast cancer.
4th April 2012
URRÚS & UCD: Diploma in Community Drugs and Alcohol Work
Urrús and University College Dublin. Diploma in Community Drugs and Alcohol Work (NFQ level 7) - 1 Year (part-time)
3rd April 2012
Statistics from the Northern Ireland Drug Addicts Index 2011
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety today published a Statistical Bulletin summarising information from the Northern Ireland Addicts Index.

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