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10th March 2015
Second Opinion: A public health warning about the new anti-binge drinking campaignThe 2014 Euro Health Consumer Index shows that Ireland is in 35th place out of 36 countries for binge drinking. Bosnia-Herzegovina is in first place, Italy is sixth, and Scotland 36th.
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10th March 2015
Half of young Irish may have mental disorderMore than half young people may have a form of mental health disorder before the age of 25, according to a new study.
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9th March 2015
Editorial: Stand up to the drink and tobacco lobbyistsIf you were to ask a large group of seriously ill people about the origins of their misfortune, the answers, if rendered honestly, would include many references to tobacco and/or alcohol. Tobacco is the most lethal of the two substances and nothing good can be said for it.
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9th March 2015
‘Marlboro Man’ threatens to sue State over new cigarette packet lawThe world’s biggest cigarette firm is threatening to sue the State over the new law on plain cigarette packaging.
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9th March 2015
Alarm as controversial DrinkAware campaign plans to target schoolsAnti-alcohol campaigners have voiced serious concerns about revelations that the controversial DrinkAware campaign is planning on targeting schools, with a programme aimed at children.
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9th March 2015
‘I will never get my childhood back’: Four people talk about life with an alcoholic parentHere, four people who grew up with an alcoholic parent share their stories.
These stories have been collected by ‘Teens Affected by Addiction’, a Young Social Innovators project from Mount Mercy College in Cork, with the aim of raising awareness about how addiction impacts children. -
6th March 2015
Prof Frank Murray: ‘It’s time to turn down the tap of cheap alcohol’Minimum pricing for alcohol has received strong support from one of the country’s top liver specialists.
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6th March 2015
Sales of beer, wine, cider all on the riseAlcohol consumption levels increased last year, driven by hikes in wine and beer sales, provisional figures show.
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6th March 2015
Anti-binge-drink group has credibility problemsThe resignation of Dr Ciara Kelly from the board of the ‘Stop Out-of-Control Drinking’ campaign has once again focused attention on the thorny subject of the drinks industry funding what - in effect - is an anti-binge drinking campaign.
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6th March 2015
Parents contact TD to push for teens’ access to cheap alcoholA south Dublin TD has expressed her “alarm” at the volume of messages she has had from constituents against Government plans to end the availability of cheap alcohol, including some from parents arguing their teenagers should have access to inexpensive drink.
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