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22nd March 2012
HSE benzodiazepine letters to encourage quality prescribingThe HSE has written to all GPs outlining their levels of benzodiazepine and other hypnotics GMS prescribing in a new initiative to encourage better quality prescribing of these drugs.
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22nd March 2012
New alcohol bill set to be brought forwardThe chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health has welcomed the commitment by the Minister of State with responsibility for primary care Róisín Shortall to bring forward a public health bill to address the problem of the misuse and consumption of alcohol by mid-year.
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22nd March 2012
North Dublin City & County Regional Drugs Task Force: FundingThe North Dublin City and County Regional Drugs Task Force invites applications for this once-off funding which will be provided through four pillars by way of a grant up to €3,000 for innovative initiatives
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21st March 2012
Problems with alcohol destroying our futureTwo men who were acquaintances of mine died recently from drink.
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20th March 2012
More children in care over parents’ alcohol abuseMore and more children are being taken into care due to families’ problems with drugs and alcohol addiction, according to the Frances Fitzgerald, the children’s minister.
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19th March 2012
Fears for addicts as clinic faces closureSouthside campaigner has warned the HSE that scores of recovering drug addicts will be driven back to heroin if it proceeds with plans to close a local methadone treatment clinic.
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18th March 2012
Web Assistant Internship OpportunityWe are seeking applications for a Website Assistant Intern through the FAS Job Bridge scheme.
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17th March 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas: National Drugs StrategySenator Deirdre Clune: I raise this issue because on Monday the Irish Examiner examined figures released by the Health Research Board which indicated that in 2004, 34 cases of heroin addiction had been noted in Cork.
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16th March 2012
ICGP backs Steering Group’s calls to limit access to alcoholThe ICGP has backed calls to make it more difficult for consumers to buy alcohol, as recommended by last month’s Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy.
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16th March 2012
Health Committee Chairman welcomes Minister’s commitment to bring forward health bill to address aChairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, Jerry Buttimer TD has welcomed the commitment by the Minister of State with responsibility for primary care.