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24th April 2013
Sports needs alcohol sponsorship ‘to survive’, Dail Committee warnedGovernment investment in sport has shrunk from €311m in 2008 to just €54m this year, meaning the loss of alcohol sponsorship would be very damaging, a Dail Committee heard today.
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24th April 2013
Alcohol sponsorship in sport will be ‘seen as crazy’ in future, expert warnsAlcohol sponsorship of sport will be seen as a crazy idea in 15 years, a public health specialist has warned.
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24th April 2013
Most with liver disease ‘are not alcoholics’“Habitual” drinkers, not alcoholics, account for most people with alcohol-related liver disease.
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23rd April 2013
Doctors warn of increase in alcohol-related health problemsThere has been a dramatic increase in the number of young people hospitalised for liver disease and dying from alcohol-related conditions, a group of leading doctors has warned.
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23rd April 2013
Dentists call on HSE to give them role in tobacco controlDentists have called on the HSE to give them a key role in the State’s tobacco control strategy, similar to the practice in Sweden. The Irish Dentists’ Association (IDA) said its members were “ideally placed” to advise patients on smoking’s risks.
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22nd April 2013
Lisa is rebuilding her life after heroin addictionAged 25, with long dark hair and pearly-white teeth, Lisa Kevitt should have the world at her feet.
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19th April 2013
Sporting bodies are ‘in alcohol industry’s pocket’Sporting bodies are “very much in the alcohol industry’s pocket”, an Oireachtas committee was told yesterday.
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18th April 2013
Irish children “groomed” by the alcohol industryLack of strict legislation governing alcohol advertising and sponsorship is allowing Irish children to be “groomed” by the alcohol industry, the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications has heard
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17th April 2013
Call for end to alcohol sponsorship of sportThe sponsorship of major sporting events by drinks companies should be banned, psychiatrists have again insisted.
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17th April 2013
Cannabis conference for DublinThe latest scientific research into cannabis will be presented at a major international conference taking place in Dublin this week.