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5th March 2014
Cross-party TDs at least agree on one thing, the need to tackle alcohol abuseAlcohol pricing, availability and sponsorship are set to be the primary targets of a new cross-party Oireachtas group on alcohol misuse that was launched today.
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4th March 2014
Limerick to hold non alcoholic Paddy’s Day eventsThe city’s Milk Market is to host an alcohol free feast of creativity, food and dance with a pop-up, family-friendly event as part of Limerick City of Culture 2014.
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4th March 2014
Drugs.ie wins Bronze Award at Samsung Digital Media Awards 2014Drugs.ie has won the Bronze Award in the Best Public Life (Government, Charity & Non-Profit) category of the Samsung Digital Media Awards 2014.
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4th March 2014
E-cigs could ‘renormalise’ smokingAnti-tobacco campaigner Professor Luke Clancy has warned that the unrestricted availability of electronic cigarettes could undermine the lifesaving achievements of the smoking ban by ‘renormalising’ smoking in society.
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4th March 2014
That’s Men: Older people need to be vigilant about turning to alcoholThe older and allegedly wiser shake their heads at the sight of young people falling about on the street from the effects of too much drink.
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4th March 2014
‘You never have to explain why you drink; you always have to explain why you don’t’“If alcohol didn’t exist and it was discovered, I don’t think there’s a government in the world that would allow it,” said Alastair Campbell, the former Labour government spin doctor, on a visit to Dublin yesterday.
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3rd March 2014
Proposal to legalise cannabis for personal use rejectedDespite the proposal receiving applause in the hall, when it came to a show of hands, the move was comprehensively rejected.
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3rd March 2014
One-in-five Irish people are smokersMRBI Research commissioned by Irish Cancer Society shows more than half of those who want to quit plan to do so within the next three months.
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3rd March 2014
FG waters down proposal to ban sale of cigarettes in pubsA motion to ban the sale of cigarettes in pubs was watered down at the ardfheis and became a proposal to “explore” legislation to prohibit their sale in licensed premises.
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3rd March 2014
Gerry Collins, who appeared in hard-hitting anti-smoking ads, has diedGerry Collins, A father-of-three who appeared in a hard-hitting HSE anti-smoking campaign in which he talked about his terminal lung cancer, has died of his illness.