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21st May 2013
Alcohol, mental illness and bullying leading causes of suicide, says studyProblems with health services and lack of garda training highlighted.
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20th May 2013
Ó Ríordáin calls for reintroduction of ban on below cost selling of alcoholLabour Party Deputy for Dublin North Central, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, has called for the reintroduction of the ban on the below cost selling of alcohol as an interim measure to address alcohol misuse, especially among younger people.
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18th May 2013
Two thirds of treatment centre’s clients stay drug-freeDrug addicts seeking help at one treatment centre are mostly in their 30s and more than half are from outside the capital, it was revealed at a celebration to mark 40 years of helping people rebuild their lives after drug addiction.
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18th May 2013
Finding the right fix to treat addictionIt started with a prescription. The benzodiazepine tablets Dermot was given to cope with a bereavement allowed him to escape into sleep, a sensation he got hooked on quickly.
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15th May 2013
Support for at-risk youthsAn underlying and undetected mental health epidemic is causing young at-risk people to turn to alcohol, drugs and, possibly, suicide.
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15th May 2013
Call to include head shop ban in planA further tightening of planning regulations is being sought to halt the opening of head shops selling drugs paraphernalia.
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14th May 2013
Are you an accidental, over the counter opiate addict?Popping a pill or two on a daily basis can end up leading down a slippery slope, writes Andrea Smith
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14th May 2013
Still no warning labels on alcohol one year onNo labels have yet been put on alcohol products sold in Ireland containing health warnings about drinking during pregnancy, despite the recommendations of a report a year ago.
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14th May 2013
Majority of publicans want minimum alcohol pricingMore than 70pc of publicans want the government to introduce a minimum price for alcohol to help pubs hurt by competition from cheaper off-licences, according to a new survey.
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14th May 2013
Calling time on its Guinness sponsorship can ultimately be good business for the GAAAs expected, there were no reports of men levelling counties in one second flat, nor of mythological giants going hell for leather, when Antrim met Westmeath in the Leinster hurling championship last weekend. For the first time since the 1994 All-Ireland final, a senior hurling championship fixture did not feature Guinness as a major sponsor.