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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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18th July 2012
New Feature: Recovery Walk, Dublin Docklands, September 15th 2012.The Recovery Walk is an international event designed to build awareness and community support around the concept of addiction Recovery.
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18th July 2012
Government ‘bottles it’ on alcohol recommendationsOn the same week The National Suicide Research Foundation produced their first report, which shows the strong link between alcohol and suicide, the Cabinet inexplicably deemed it unnecessary to discuss measures to reduce the harm that alcohol causes in our society.
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18th July 2012
Alcohol action plan talks deferredThe cabinet has deferred discussion on the Government’s action plan on alcohol until September amid disagreement between Fine Gael and Labour over how strong its measures should be.
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18th July 2012
Northern Ireland prison boss promises to tackle drug abuseThe new head of the Northern Ireland prison service has rejected claims that illegal drugs are an inevitable part of prison life.
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17th July 2012
‘The root of addiction is misery’Addiction is a cunning enemy of life and the veils of fear and secrecy that surround it are undoubtedly its greatest weapons.
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17th July 2012
Coveney denies FG-Labour rift over alcohol billThe Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney is denying any rift between Fine Gael and Labour Ministers over a new plan to clamp down on alcohol abuse.
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17th July 2012
Cabinet will not discuss drink abuse plan todayControversial new proposals to curb alcohol abuse are not on the agenda for today’s Cabinet meeting, according to senior political sources.
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17th July 2012
Alcohol abuse in final year a factor in 78 per cent of suicide deaths, Cork study revealsNearly four out of five people who died through suicide in a 2½-year period in Cork had been abusing alcohol in the year prior to their death, a major new report on suicide has found.
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17th July 2012
Government won’t tackle drink problem, claims expertThe country’s leading authority on alcohol policy has said he does not believe the Government will introduce measures to tackle the growing drink problem that will damage the industry.