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2nd March 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas: Social Welfare Code - National Drugs StrategyDeputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health his views on proposals regarding methadone patients (details supplied).
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2nd March 2012
Sport can ill-afford to lose alcohol sponsorshipA leading sports economist has stated that sporting bodies around the world are in no position to absorb the dent in funds that would accompany any legal restrictions on alcohol sponsorships.
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2nd March 2012
Conference highlights the dangers of drinking during pregnancyOver 40 foster carers and teachers attended the Irish Foster Care Association (IFCA) conference on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), which was held on Saturday last.
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2nd March 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas: Social Welfare Code - Alcohol LabellingDeputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans for reducing the alcohol content in alcoholic drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1st March 2012
Keeping campuses healthyHealth centres on university campuses open their doors to hundreds of students each week around Ireland and, after speaking to medical professionals working in the area, IMN found that students are not cocooned from the effects of the recession.
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1st March 2012
Video footage from yesterday’s anti-social behaviour conference now onlineVideo footage from yesterday’s conference entitled “Preventing and responding to Anti-Social Behaviour” which was held in the Croke Park Conference Centre is now online.
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1st March 2012
Louth drug awareness booklet launchedA drug awareness booklet for County Louth has been launched by Sinn Fein TD Gerry Adams who said it was ’ a first step’ in helping to tackle the scourge of drug addiction.
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1st March 2012
Setting minimum prices for alcohol will not break EU rules, says officialHealth Department of health proposals to introduce a minimum price for alcohol are compatible with EU law, a spokesman for the EU commissioner for health and consumer policy has said.
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29th February 2012
Study: Ecstasy harms the unbornTaking the dance drug ecstasy while pregnant may cause serious long-term harm to a woman’s unborn baby, say scientists.
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28th February 2012
Wake up to the dangers of sleeping pills – premature death 4 times higherHundreds of thousands of people who take sleeping pills just twice a month are nearly four times more likely to die prematurely, according to new research.
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