# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
There is an increasing recognition by police services that drug use is not a policing matter, but requires a health led response, writes Tony Duffin
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# alcohol-abuse - Sunday 2 September, 2018
The Rutland Centre is seeing shifts in the people it treats, and is emphasising how anyone can recover from addiction on its 40th anniversary.
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# alcohol-abuse - Thursday 19 October, 2017
A new study has shown increases in the number of homeless people dying from drug and/or alcohol abuse and on methadone.
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# alcohol-abuse - Wednesday 26 April, 2017
Judge Mary Devins said the average age of drink drivers used to be upwards of 60 years.
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# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 17 January, 2017
A new study analysed the rates of drinking during pregnancy by linking them with a condition caused by alcohol consumption.
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# alcohol-abuse - Monday 26 December, 2016
Alcohol abuse was consistently mentioned by worried children who contacted the charity on Christmas Day.
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# alcohol-abuse - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
A report by the OECD found that 16% of Irish teens admitted to being drunk on two occasions.
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# alcohol-abuse - Sunday 10 July, 2016
A reader talks about their experiences in the wake of the establishment of a government Group on Alcohol Harm
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# alcohol-abuse - Thursday 17 March, 2016
# alcohol-abuse - Sunday 6 December, 2015
“Having struggled to deal with my father’s alcoholism my entire life, I wonder just how his ‘fondness for the drink’ has distorted my perception of alcohol.”
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# alcohol-abuse - Monday 19 October, 2015
A new US study has calculated the cost of binge drinking to the economy.
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# alcohol-abuse - Monday 22 June, 2015
It would be part of minimum-pricing laws to set a floor price on beer, wine and spirits.
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# alcohol-abuse - Monday 8 June, 2015
The fear is real, and so is the hangover.
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Brazil and the UK are not too far behind us.
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# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 12 May, 2015
That’s according to health minister Leo Varadkar.
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# alcohol-abuse - Wednesday 4 February, 2015
The government wants to put a floor on prices to cut down on problem drinking.
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# alcohol-abuse - Saturday 27 December, 2014
All over the festive season, TheJournal.ie is bringing you tried and tested ways to keep your mental health in fine fettle.
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# alcohol-abuse - Wednesday 10 September, 2014
It was also found that child abuse was a factor in a significant number of cases
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# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 12 August, 2014
The suggestion has been raised in Northern Ireland that charges should be introduced to deter abuse of the system.
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# alcohol-abuse - Friday 18 July, 2014
Treatment and intervention provided by a range of services, making it difficult to ascertain just how much the State spends on alcohol addiction, according to the HSE.
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# alcohol-abuse - Monday 23 June, 2014
Ever wondered where we drink and how much? Wonder no more.
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# alcohol-abuse - Monday 12 May, 2014
This equates to one death every 10 seconds.
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# alcohol-abuse - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
A new study has found that an average of 8,000 people a year seek treatment for alcoholism in Ireland.
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# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 1 April, 2014
The girl took alcohol from the cupboard at a friend’s house without their parents’ knowledge.
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# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 25 March, 2014
A major HSE report yesterday looked at the harm alcohol causes in Irish society – and it made for grim reading.
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# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 18 March, 2014
The latest report on child care law shows that the Child & Family Agency failed in its applications for care orders in three cases.
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# alcohol-abuse - Thursday 13 March, 2014
Alcohol’s harm to others will be discussed at Alcohol Awareness Week at the end of the month.
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# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 4 March, 2014
The four main political parties were joined by Alcohol Action Ireland and Alastair Campbell to launch a new informal Oireachtas group on the issue.
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# alcohol-abuse - Tuesday 4 February, 2014
NekNominations are just the latest fad but we shouldn’t simply dismiss the problem or pass the buck to social media networks: Ireland’s attitude to binge drinking is dangerous and must change, writes Joe O’Connor.
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Alcohol Action Ireland said our attitude to alcohol provides the perfect culture for crazes like this to take hold, particularly among the younger generations.
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# alcohol-abuse - Sunday 2 February, 2014
A group has warned that people are drinking large quantities of alcohol as part of the drinking game.
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# alcohol-abuse - Friday 31 January, 2014
Australian media reported that the five-time Olympic gold medallist was suffering from depression.
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# alcohol-abuse - Wednesday 29 January, 2014
A new study from Trinity College Dublin also shows high levels of cardiovascular disease, arthritis and obesity.
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# alcohol-abuse - Thursday 16 January, 2014
In a pilot project, the city is giving participants beer in exchange for light work collecting litter and eating a decent meal.
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# alcohol-abuse - Wednesday 18 December, 2013
Charity MEAS said the pub crawl exacerbates our cultural problem with alcohol and encourages binge drinking.
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# alcohol-abuse - Friday 13 December, 2013
A BMJ study has revealed that the spy consumed over four times the recommended weekly allowance of alcohol.
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# alcohol-abuse - Saturday 23 November, 2013
Scheme targets anti-social behaviour of groups of alcoholics in main park – but is it successful?
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# alcohol-abuse - Wednesday 23 October, 2013
But the government has kicked plans to ban alcohol companies from sponsoring sport into the long grass.
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# alcohol-abuse - Monday 23 September, 2013
Padraig Cribben of the Vintners Federation of Ireland told TheJournal.ie that TDs should be setting an example.
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# alcohol-abuse - Friday 13 September, 2013
The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland said that the scheme aims to promote mature drinking for young adults.
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