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22nd March 2011
Minister urged to clamp down on smokingThe Government must put anti-smoking services under a central body and provide training for all healthcare professionals, anti-smoking campaigner Prof Luke Clancy said yesterday.
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22nd March 2011
Gardai in training for clampdown on drug-drivingGardai are at an advanced stage with radical plans to carry out US-style roadside checks on suspected drug drivers from September.
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22nd March 2011
East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force Small Grant Scheme 2011The East Coast Regional Drug Task Force Small Grant Scheme was established to support community groups and voluntary organisations to develop responses to the drugs issue in their community and to increase the capacity of communities to address problem drug use in their area.
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22nd March 2011
ECO-Youth Choices: Alternative Drug Prevention Education programmeECO-Youth Choices is an alternative Drug Prevention Education programme using holistic Environmental Education as a resource.
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22nd March 2011
Citywide responds to Programme for GovernmentCitywide welcomes the inclusion of the section on drugs in the recently published Programme for Government.
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22nd March 2011
Drug Task Force for Limerick City NeededThere have been renewed calls for a local drugs taskforce to be set up in Limerick.
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22nd March 2011
Drinking during pregnancy increases risk child will be aggressiveTeenagers are significantly more likely to be unruly, aggressive and badly behaved if their mothers drank early in pregnancy.
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21st March 2011
Ming Flanagan’s crusade isn’t about Civil Rights – it’s about personal gainLet’s get the obligatory admission out of the way: I have smoked cannabis.
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21st March 2011
Giving up booze for Lent?The Lenten standard used to be that children gave up sweets while adults gave up alcohol.
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18th March 2011
In a country awash with drink, meet the people who don’t…It’s the morning after the night before—and practically everyone is feeling the effects of yesterday’s Patrick’s Day revelry.