# alcohol - Sunday 5 June, 2022
# Long Covid
# Long Covid
Two new studies have found that complications arising from long Covid are primarily brain related – not heart and lung conditions, as previously thought.
# alcohol - Saturday 8 January, 2022
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Is there evidence that alcohol users turn to drugs as a result of the policy?
# alcohol - Tuesday 4 January, 2022
# Public Health (Alcohol) Act
# Public Health (Alcohol) Act
€7.10 is now the minimum price for a bottle of wine that has an alcohol content of 12%.
# alcohol - Sunday 2 January, 2022
# Your Say
# Your Say
Are you planning to give up drinking for the month, or is now not the time?
# alcohol - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# Revenue
# Revenue
The cannabis was disguised in packaging as coffee, clothing and custom decals.
# alcohol - Monday 6 December, 2021
# Alcohol
# Alcohol
Comans Beverages Ltd also distributes brands like Prazky, Druids cider and Karpackie.
# alcohol - Thursday 2 December, 2021
# Global Drugs Survey
898 people in Ireland participated in the Global Drug Survey 2021. The survey shows respondents in Ireland got drunk an average of 14.6 times a year. On average, respondents from Ireland felt the most regret over getting drunk this year globally, regretting it 28.4% of the time.
# alcohol - Wednesday 1 December, 2021
# Tallaght
# Tallaght
The Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Health today.
# alcohol - Wednesday 24 November, 2021
# Dreaming Of A Dry Christmas
# Dreaming Of A Dry Christmas
49 leading companies wrote to the British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps about the issue.
# alcohol - Tuesday 17 August, 2021
# Drinking
# Drinking
Alcohol Action Ireland said alcohol producers and retailers are shifting their marketing strategies.
# alcohol - Thursday 1 July, 2021
# Drugs
# Drugs
Men are more than twice as likely as women to use drugs, according to a new survey.
# alcohol - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# Alcohol
# Alcohol
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service has called on the WHO to review the report “as a matter of urgency”.
# alcohol - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Dublin District Court
# Dublin District Court
A video clip was of the event on 14 August last prompted outrage.
# alcohol - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Drinking
# Drinking
The measures will take effect in the Republic at the start of 2022, but it will be at least 2023 in the North.
# alcohol - Tuesday 4 May, 2021
# Cheap Alcohol
# Cheap Alcohol
Concerns were raised about the difference in the price of alcohol in the North.
# Your Say
# Your Say
If minimum pricing of 10c per gram of alcohol is introduced, would you travel North to buy drink?
# alcohol - Thursday 15 April, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
Research found that every person over the age of 15 in Ireland drinks, on average, more than 10 litres of alcohol per year.
# Alcohol
# Alcohol
Every person in Ireland aged 15 and over drinks, on average, 10.8 litres of pure alcohol each year, according to new figures.
# alcohol - Monday 25 January, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
Survey results indicate that Irish people were drunk more times in a year than the global average.
# Alcohol
# Alcohol
The Global Drugs Survey 2020 found respondents in Ireland were drunk more times in a year than the global average.
# alcohol - Wednesday 20 January, 2021
# Senedd
# Senedd
The four say they did not consume alcohol not bought from parliamentary premises.
# alcohol - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
Leo Varadkar said last week the government is considering such a ban.
# New Law
# New Law
The enactment of another provision from the Public Health Alcohol Bill 2018 follows the introduction of the so-called “booze curtain” in November.
# alcohol - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Leo Vardakar says the government is looking at measures around the sale of alcohol.
# alcohol - Monday 4 January, 2021
# Mayo
# Mayo
During the course of a search, gardaí located a number of people on the premises consuming alcohol.
# alcohol - Saturday 2 January, 2021
# Your Say
# Your Say
Or is now just not the time for that?
# alcohol - Friday 1 January, 2021
# Shed Load
# Shed Load
Gardaí say about 15 people were in the shed near Kildare Town when it was searched.
# alcohol - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Dry January
# Dry January
South Africa passed one million recorded coronavirus cases yesterday.
# alcohol - Saturday 21 November, 2020
# Pour One Out
# Pour One Out
A pint’s a pound, the world around.
# alcohol - Friday 9 October, 2020
# New Thinking
# New Thinking
The VFI wants off-licence opening hours to be shortened and minimum pricing to be introduced.
# alcohol - Thursday 8 October, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Pubs, restaurants and cafés in most of Scotland are to be barred from selling alcohol indoors for more than two weeks.
# alcohol - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Alcohol Bill
# Alcohol Bill
A minister has said it would risk “undermining the effectiveness” of minimum pricing if it’s not implemented at the same as Northern Ireland.
# alcohol - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Global Drug Survey
# Global Drug Survey
Published today, the latest edition of the Global Drugs Survey takes a look at how Covid-19 has changed our relationship with alcohol and drugs.
# alcohol - Monday 31 August, 2020
# Health
# Health
Alcohol -medication interactions can cause accidents, problems with blood pressure, and liver damage.
# alcohol - Friday 28 August, 2020
# Prohibition
# Prohibition
CEO Padraig Cribben said restrictions on the sale of alcohol from off licences and supermarkets should be considered.
# alcohol - Thursday 20 August, 2020
# Price Survey
# Price Survey
Alcohol Action Ireland has called on the government to introduce minimum unit pricing.
# alcohol - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# DUI
# DUI
There was a total of 1,216 drug-driving arrests made in the first six months.
# alcohol - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Health
# Health
There is already concern around the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on alcohol misuse.
# alcohol - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Study
# Study
Only a third of regular binge drinkers in Ireland recognise their drinking as harmful.
# alcohol - Saturday 4 July, 2020
# Pubs
# Pubs
Pubs were this week warned of the consequences of failing to follow the current guidance.
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