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15th February 2011
Warning to heroin users after deathsHeroin users across the State are being urged to exercise extreme caution with the drug after three more people died as a result of overdosing on it over the weekend.
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15th February 2011
New government must not ignore children of alcoholics, says charityChildren of alcoholic parents lead lives of “quiet desperation” and must not be ignored by the next government, Alcohol Action Ireland has said.
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15th February 2011
Alcohol-related neglect affects 100,000 childrenAT least 100,000 children across the country are suffering neglect as a direct result of their parents’ alcohol problems — with a shocking one in six child abuse cases linked to the condition.
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14th February 2011
A map of world alcohol consumptionThe world drank the equivalent of 6.1 litres of pure alcohol per person in 2005, according to a report from the World Health Organisation published on February 11th.
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14th February 2011
Solution Focused Brief Therapy WorkshopThe 2 day workshop entitled “An Introduction to Solution Focused Brief Therapy” will be delivered by Seán Foy, Head of Addiction and Counselling with The Learning Curve Institute in NUI Galway on May 19th and 20th.
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14th February 2011
Upcoming NYCI Training Opportunities – Feb & March 2011The National Youth Council of Ireland is holding a range of trainings across the country in the areas of Youth Arts, Youth Health, Development Education, Child Protection & Interculturalism.
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14th February 2011
Children of Alcoholics Week (13 February - 19 February)One in 11 children impacted negatively by parental alcohol problems – one in every six cases of child abuse attributed to alcohol: new government has opportunity to make the difference.
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14th February 2011
Fake Valium Tablets -ALERTWe recently received two tablets for analysis. Tablets are pale blue/green in colour and scored on one side and labelled ‘Roche 10’on the other side. Blister packaging says Valium (Diazepam) 10mg.
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12th February 2011
Warning to heroin users after four drug deathsDrug workers have issued warnings to heroin users after four addicts died from overdoses in Kilkenny and Carlow in the last week.
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11th February 2011
Alcohol ‘kills more people than Aids’Alcohol causes nearly 4 per cent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organisation said today.
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