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10th March 2015
Government to rush through emergency legislation tonight after court strikes down law on legal highs
The Government is being forced to rush through emergency legislation in the Dail tonight after the Court of Appeal has struck down a law banning so-called legal highs.
10th March 2015
Loophole means ecstasy is now legal (but only until Thursday)
The Dáil is to sit late tonight to pass emergency legislation in order to reclassify certain drugs, including ecstasy, as illegal following a court ruling this morning.
10th March 2015
Former tobacco lobby group hired by Diageo anti-alcohol campaign
The group opposed to the drinks industry-funded anti-alcohol campaign has raised concerns that a public relations group previously involved with the tobacco industry is now the secretariat for the campaign.
10th March 2015
Second Opinion: A public health warning about the new anti-binge drinking campaign
The 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.
10th March 2015
Half of young Irish may have mental disorder
More than half young people may have a form of mental health disorder before the age of 25, according to a new study.
9th March 2015
Editorial: Stand up to the drink and tobacco lobbyists
If 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.
9th March 2015
‘Marlboro Man’ threatens to sue State over new cigarette packet law
The world’s biggest cigarette firm is threatening to sue the State over the new law on plain cigarette packaging.
9th March 2015
Alarm as controversial DrinkAware campaign plans to target schools
Anti-alcohol campaigners have voiced serious concerns about revelations that the controversial DrinkAware campaign is planning on targeting schools, with a programme aimed at children.
9th March 2015
‘I will never get my childhood back’: Four people talk about life with an alcoholic parent
Here, 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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