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25th October 2013
‘Social responsibility drink levy’ plan shelvedThe Government has shelved proposals to impose a “social responsibility levy” on the alcohol industry, which was supposed to help fund the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse.
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25th October 2013
Reilly could face EU row over cheap drink curbsThe Government is planning to make it more expensive to get drunk on cheap alcohol by introducing minimum pricing aimed at outlawing controversial alcohol discount deals.
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25th October 2013
Prof Frank Murray: Taking the right steps to curb ‘drink culture’‘Alcohol doesn’t drown the sorrows; it only teaches sorrows to swim’
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25th October 2013
Flanagan: Legal cannabis would net €300m for the ExchequerLegalising cannabis and opening Amsterdam-style coffee shops all over the country could be worth up to €300m for the Exchequer and would take millions away from criminal gangs such as those which murdered crime journalist Veronica Guerin, Independent TD Luke “Ming” Flanagan claimed yesterday.
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24th October 2013
Ministers Fitzgerald, Reilly and White announce Measures to Deal with Alcohol MisuseMinimum Unit Pricing and Regulation of Advertising and Sponsorship to be provided for in a Public Health Bill
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24th October 2013
6 things we learned from Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s Cannabis Regulation BillIndependent TD Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan today launched his Cannabis Regulation Bill 2013, which would legalise cannabis use and allow for the cultivation of plants for both personal and commercial purposes.
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24th October 2013
Bill proposes to legalise recreational use of cannabisA Bill to allow recreational use of cannabis is to be published today.
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24th October 2013
‘Future bleak’ if alcohol link to sport not tackledChildren have a “very bleak future” if the Government is unable to take on the vested interests in the alcohol and sports industries, the country’s largest representative body of community drug projects has said.
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23rd October 2013
Dublin Mayor wants mobile injection facility for addictsLord Mayor of Dublin Oisín Quinn said he favours the introduction of mobile clinics to allow drug addicts inject in private rather than on the street.
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23rd October 2013
Christopher Snowden: Why our efforts to cut smoking have been a failureIn the eyes of the public health community, Ireland is the poster boy for tobacco control.