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7th July 2012
Judge sets alcohol prices in Donegal town to end feudA Donegal judge has taken the unusual step of imposing a minimum unit price for alcohol to end a price war which has been on-going in a sea side town.
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5th July 2012
Health education - Still smoking after all these deathsIt is terribly dispiriting that almost one-in-three Irish women still smoke.
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5th July 2012
Tobacco companies “targeting Irish women and girls”The Irish Cancer Society has claimed that the tobacco industry is “aggressively targeting” women and girls.
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5th July 2012
Cannabis perceptions to be tackledAn awareness campaign is needed to correct the attitude that cannabis is relatively harmless, a drug taskforce has said.
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4th July 2012
Scientists develop marijuana that won’t make you highResearchers have developed a form of marijuana that can be used to ease the symptoms of chronic pain without getting patients high.
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4th July 2012
‘Voluntary’ alcohol code not worth a tapThe National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) has expressed grave concerns about the extent to which the voluntary code on responsible retailing of alcohol can protect young people in light of the Centra ‘drinks offer’.
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4th July 2012
Our politicians need to frame a drugs policy that actually worksWhat do David Cameron, Barack Obama and Leo Varadkar have in common?
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4th July 2012
Shatter & Shortall condemn Centra “Children’s Allowance Deals”Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Minister of State Róisín Shortall were today critical of the Centra “Children’s Allowance Specials” promotion which included alcohol at discount prices.
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3rd July 2012
Centra apologises and withdraws ‘Children’s Allowance Day’ beer offerCentra has apologised and said that it is withdrawing its controversial promotional leaflet advertising beer offers as part of its ‘Children’s Allowance Day Deals’.
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3rd July 2012
‘Children’s Allowance’ drink deal slatedCentra has today apologised for a promotion run in four of its stores, which targeted Child Benefit recipients with offers of low price alcohol.