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25th March 2015
Alcohol promotion by sector cost €24mAlcohol manufacturers spent almost €24m last year on advertising, an Oireachtas committee was told yesterday.
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24th March 2015
Study finds Irish teenagers are drinking less, in better healthTeenagers in Ireland are drinking less alcohol, have improved communication with their parents and are in generally better health than a decade ago.
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24th March 2015
30% drop in alcohol-related admissions to Dublin hospitalOne of the country’s busiest hospitals has seen a 30% drop in the number of alcohol-related admissions to its intensive care unit.
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24th March 2015
Dr Ciara Kelly calls on Diageo to withdraw from controversial anti-drinking campaignDr Ciara Kelly has spoken out for the first time following her shock departure from the board of the STOP Out-of-Control drinking campaign.
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23rd March 2015
And so we face down the demon drink - one more timeIf only the booze-soaked Irish could be persuaded to slowly sip a couple of glasses of wine while savouring a meal - instead of getting mindlessly drunk in some local pub - maybe we might curb our national alcohol problem.
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20th March 2015
Campaigner admits ‘gap in credibility over funding from Diageo’A member of the Stop Out-of-Control Drinking group has accepted that the body’s funding by drinks giant Diageo has created a “credibility gap” for the campaign.
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19th March 2015
Tobacco firm hired over 160 lobbyists - James ReillyOne major tobacco company engaged 161 lobbyists at a cost of several million euros to stop plain packaging on cigarette boxes, Minister for Children James Reilly has claimed.
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19th March 2015
Varadkar: Alcohol campaign concerns are not my problemHealth Minister Leo Varadkar has said a drink awareness campaign backed by alcohol giant Diageo is not his problem, saying it doesn’t need his permission.
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19th March 2015
Alcohol giants are part of the problem - not the solutionStop Out-Of-Control Drinking’ is not just a well-intentioned aim, it is the name of a public health campaign group. So far, so good. Except it is part-funded by Diageo and, oddly enough for an organisation touchily insisting on its independence, a director of the drinks giant sits on its board. Which leads me to my next point. How about stopping out-of-control lobbying by vested interests - wouldn’t that be a more effective strategy?
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19th March 2015
SPECIAL REPORT: A state of high anxiety over antidepressant prescriptionToday’s Irish Examiner investigation should be the beginning of a wider-ranging look at the manifold variations of antidepressant prescription around the country, says Siobhán Barry.
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