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19th June 2012
Binge drinking takes hold for Irish teensWith exam students preparing to celebrate, the results of their binge drinking are taking their toll, writes Brian O’Connell
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19th June 2012
Report: Stop adventure trips for anti-social teensAdventure trips for adolescents engaged in anti-social behaviour should be dropped because they can make matters worse and are seen as rewarding bad behaviour.
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16th June 2012
The Report of the Lord Mayor’s Commission on Antisocial BehaviourThe Report of the Lord Mayor’s Commission on antisocial behaviour was officially launched in the Mansion House, Dublin, on Tuesday 12th of June 2012.
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15th June 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas Written Answers: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation ProjectsDeputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure the survival of community employment drug rehab projects whose numbers are in serous decline as a result of the changes in concurrent payments for CE participants in the Social Welfare Bill 2012.
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15th June 2012
€350k of head shop drugs point to ‘lucrative trade’Drug experts have said the seizure of 10kg of head shop drugs indicates a “lucrative trade” of the former legal highs on the black market.
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12th June 2012
Proposed increase in penalty pointsAn increase in penalty points for speeding and using a mobile phone while driving are proposed in a report by the Department of Transport published yesterday.
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11th June 2012
From the UK: Doctors call for ban on TV adverts for alcoholThirty leading medical bodies and charities have called for a total ban on advertising for alcohol on television.
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11th June 2012
Big rise in prescription drugs for sale illegallyThere has been an alarming rise in the volume of prescription drugs, including date rape pills, being seized from illegal street traders.
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6th June 2012
Déan damhsa funkyThe Funky Seomra returns to Galway at the Presentation School, Newcastle, this Saturday, 9 June at 8pm.
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6th June 2012
From the UK: Myths about smoking cannabis blasted by lung cancer charityA “dangerous” lack of awareness about smoking cannabis could be putting millions of people at risk, a leading charity warned today.