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2nd March 2012
Houses of the Oireachtas: Social Welfare Code - Alcohol LabellingDeputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans for reducing the alcohol content in alcoholic drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1st March 2012
Keeping campuses healthyHealth centres on university campuses open their doors to hundreds of students each week around Ireland and, after speaking to medical professionals working in the area, IMN found that students are not cocooned from the effects of the recession.
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1st March 2012
Video footage from yesterday’s anti-social behaviour conference now onlineVideo footage from yesterday’s conference entitled “Preventing and responding to Anti-Social Behaviour” which was held in the Croke Park Conference Centre is now online.
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1st March 2012
Louth drug awareness booklet launchedA drug awareness booklet for County Louth has been launched by Sinn Fein TD Gerry Adams who said it was ’ a first step’ in helping to tackle the scourge of drug addiction.
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1st March 2012
Setting minimum prices for alcohol will not break EU rules, says officialHealth Department of health proposals to introduce a minimum price for alcohol are compatible with EU law, a spokesman for the EU commissioner for health and consumer policy has said.
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29th February 2012
Study: Ecstasy harms the unbornTaking the dance drug ecstasy while pregnant may cause serious long-term harm to a woman’s unborn baby, say scientists.
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28th February 2012
Wake up to the dangers of sleeping pills – premature death 4 times higherHundreds of thousands of people who take sleeping pills just twice a month are nearly four times more likely to die prematurely, according to new research.
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28th February 2012
NUIG pledge to take on ‘irresponsible’ Galway pubsThe NUI Galway authorities have pledged to object to the licences of city pubs who deliberately target students with low cost alcohol promotions after unofficial ‘Rag Week’ celebrations resulted in 41 arrests last week.
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28th February 2012
Free addiction counselling in BalbrigganFree addiction counselling in the Balbriggan area is now being offered through Crosscare.
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28th February 2012
Sleeping pills linked with much higher risk of cancer and deathMany frequently prescribed sleeping tablets are linked with an unexplained increased risk of death and a higher likelihood of developing cancer.