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12th June 2014
How the alcohol industry ‘runs the show’ at the World CupWhen the World Cup kicks off tonight, punters in the stadium will be able to buy a beer, despite Brazil banning alcohol at games because of a rising number of deaths in crowds.
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12th June 2014
Scientists create laser device that can detect drunk driversResearchers in Poland have developed a laser which can discover if the person behind the wheel has been drinking.
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11th June 2014
Tobacco firms likely to challenge on grounds of intellectual propertyDespite yesterday’s landmark Cabinet decision, it is likely to be some years before plain packaging on tobacco products becomes a reality.
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11th June 2014
Ban on seductive cigarette packaging a bad day for big tobacco, says ReillyMoves to ban “seductive” cigarette packaging and replace it with gruesome warnings mark a “bad day for big tobacco”, Health Minister James Reilly has insisted.
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10th June 2014
Reilly to seek Cabinet approval for plain packaging on tobacco productsMinister for Health James Reilly will today seek Cabinet approval for draft laws to compel tobacco companies to use plain packaging on all the products they sell in Ireland.
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9th June 2014
‘Once you say you’re HIV positive, you can’t take it back’Some 344 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in Ireland last year.
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9th June 2014
Cocaine here is least pure — but second dearest in EuropeCocaine sold on the streets here is the least pure, but the second most expensive in Europe.
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6th June 2014
Taskforce meets over boy jabbed with needleA drugs taskforce met in Cork yesterday to discuss how best to tackle the city’s growing heroin crisis which saw a little boy jabbed by an addict’s needle he found discarded in his school yard.
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6th June 2014
HSE to ‘name and shame’ premises flouting smoking banThe HSE is stepping up its campaign to stop shops selling tobacco to minors and plans to “name and shame” businesses flouting the smoking ban.
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5th June 2014
From the UK: Cannabis ‘can alter shape of sperm’Smoking cannabis can reduce a man’s fertility by altering the size and shape of his sperm, research has shown.
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