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4th March 2015
Opposition Grows To New Diageo Funded Alcohol Awareness CampaignTo date, over 50 individuals and organisations including the National Youth Council of Ireland, Professor John Crown, Youth Work Ireland, comedian Des Bishop, Irish Rural Link, the Union of Students in Ireland, former GAA President Dr Mick Loftus, Róisín Shortall TD, folk singer Christy Moore and Wexford football captain Ciarán Lyng, have signed an open letter expressing their considered opposition to the new Diageo funded ‘Stop Out Of Control Drinking’ campaign (rolemodels.ie).
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4th March 2015
Minister’s plain packaging bill is sent to PresidentChildren’s Minister James Reilly says he is prepared for a series of legal challenges from tobacco firms who are trying to “intimidate” the Government over its plain packaging legislation.
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3rd March 2015
One person per day dies from a drug overdose, says Merchants Quay IrelandHomeless and drugs agency Merchants Quay Ireland has said that one person per day dies from drug overdoses, almost twice as many as in road crashes.
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3rd March 2015
Government has paid €4 million to firms linked to Big Tobacco since 2013Government departments and State agencies have, since 2013, paid out close to €4 million in consultancy fees to companies who have also represented the interests of Big Tobacco.
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2nd March 2015
Alcohol poisoning is much more common among young girlsOver 100 children under the age of 17 were treated for acute alcohol intoxication, or alcohol poisoning, in Temple Street Children’s Hospital over the last three years.
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2nd March 2015
Government ‘is turning a blind eye’ to drug crimeThe Government has been accused of turning “a blind eye” to drug crime after figures reveal a 30% cut in the strength of local garda drug units across the country.
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2nd March 2015
“I think they should stay away” – Minister on St Patrick’s Day drunkenessTourism Minister Michael Ring says people should “stay away” from St Patrick’s Day celebrations if they plan to get excessively drunk.
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2nd March 2015
Garda drug units across country see numbers fall 30%Garda drug units across the country have seen their numbers slashed by 30% in the last four years, figures reveal.
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2nd March 2015
Drinks industry has no place in anti-alcohol campaignsThe Union of Students in Ireland knows the impact that Ireland’s relationship with alcohol has on the people living in this country – we’ve lost friends and colleagues in alcohol-related incidents.
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27th February 2015
Reilly to restrict tenders from firms linked to tobacco groupMinister for Children James Reilly is taking steps to prevent any firm which has a contract with a tobacco group from tendering to work for bodies under his remit, among them the child and family agency Tusla.
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