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24th July 2012
Pubs could pay more to close laterSome pubs in Northern Ireland could be allowed to stay open until 2am under proposed changes announced by the Social Development Minister.
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24th July 2012
The drinks industry will not do the right thingSecond Opinion: A responsibility levy will work and must be supported, writes Jacky Jones
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24th July 2012
Recorded offences linked to alcohol sale fallsThe number of recorded offences linked to sale and supply of alcohol has plummeted according to new figures, leading to fresh fears that gardaí do not have adequate resources to police it.
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23rd July 2012
We’re drinking too much as a country – Shortall confirms alcohol restrictionsMinister of State Roisin Shortall has confirmed that the government is preparing to introduce new alcohol control measures to reduce the amount of alcohol people in Ireland are consuming.
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23rd July 2012
Anthrax cases among injecting drug usersIn June this year, ECDC and the EMCDDA jointly assessed the risk associated with two cases of anthrax among injecting drug users in Regensburg (Bavaria, Germany).
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21st July 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas: Written Answers - Liquor LicencesDeputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of validly renewed alcohol licences in the off-trade and on-trade for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012;
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20th July 2012
Legal action outcome could prevent minimum alcohol price in IrelandThe Scotch whiskey industry is taking legal action against a new minimum alcohol price in Scotland, it has emerged.
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19th July 2012
I will celebrate an immediate alcohol sponsor ban, but I won’t drink to itWe have seen the line between what’s right and wrong, what’s good and bad.
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18th July 2012
Call for urgent action on alcohol sponsorshipA Galway TD has hit back at a delay in discussing radical changes to alcohol sponsorship in the Dáil.
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18th July 2012
Government unwilling to take on vested interests in drinks industryWhen the dust settled after the festival there had been 90 arrests, including a large number for assault and theft, 308 drug seizures, 28 cases of alleged drug dealing, and multiple teenagers had been stabbed — no, not the Swedish House mafia gig, but last year’s Oxegen festival.
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