MINISTER FOR HEALTH Simon Harris has written to Irish media outlets asking them not to use Drinkaware information.
Drinkaware, an initiative that promotes safe drinking, is funded by major drinks brands including Diageo and Heineken.
Instead of using Drinkaware.ie information, Harris points organisation to the facts and data provided by the HSE.
The HSE’s website askaboutalchohol.ie was launched in March 2017 with the aim of providing a dedicated platform for guidance, information and advice about the dangers of alcohol.
“It has come to my attention that some media and other organisations are providing the public with information from the alcohol-industry funded initiative Drinkaware,” Harris writes.
“I am writing to ask to you to consider using the HSE’s askaboutalcohol.ie information
resource for the public when providing information about alcohol and to do so instead of
using alcohol-industry funded resources,” he continues.
Harris warns that alcohol consumption remains high in Ireland compared to the rest of the world.
Source: Dominic McGrath, The Journal, 27th December 2019
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