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Alcohol

All time
Leitrim
Even though it won't bring 'big profits', the Shed Distillery is cracking on with a visitor centre
17 Nov 2018
11.1k
3
like and share a pint
Alcohol ads with pro-drinking comments on Facebook 'boost desire to drink'
14 Nov 2018
8.2k
27
Mix it up
Settle this once and for all. What's the absolute best gin mixer?
6 Nov 2018
6.6k
4
jars
What age were you when you started drinking?
3 Nov 2018
9.7k
3
health study
There are more people who drink, smoke and have illnesses in deprived areas
24 Oct 2018
10.4k
27
Labour Court
Dublin Port's move to introduce random drug testing for veteran staff slapped down
14 Oct 2018
17.7k
7
minimum pricing
Alcohol Bill, first published in 2015, finally passes through Oireachtas
10 Oct 2018
15.3k
41
Alcohol
Irish teenagers are drinking less often than almost all their European peers
27 Sep 2018
25.4k
70
Public Health Alcohol Bill
Cancer warning labels on alcohol products will not be ditched from Public Health Alcohol Bill
25 Sep 2018
11.6k
32
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should there be cancer warnings on alcohol products?
25 Sep 2018
25.9k
75
peter mcverry trust
Call for better access to alcohol treatment services to help tackle rural homelessness
19 Sep 2018
5.2k
2
Alcohol
1,000 days and counting but long-awaited public alcohol bill faces further delays
17 Sep 2018
31.1k
33
crackdown
Revenue seizes 24,000 litres of beer at Dublin Port
6 Sep 2018
27.5k
30
RIP
Dolores O'Riordan's death was 'nothing but a tragic accident', finds coroner
Updated 6 Sep 2018
93.0k
84
problem drinking
Research shows 21 people a day seek treatment for problematic alcohol use
1 Sep 2018
12.0k
26
Leaving Cert
Complaint upheld over Ryanair ad that 'promoted excessive drinking'
30 Aug 2018
28.7k
24
The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you worry about how much alcohol you consume?
24 Aug 2018
38.0k
104
Slainte
Alcohol is linked to 2.8 million deaths worldwide each year
24 Aug 2018
13.2k
23
Alcohol
Man arrested for driving on Dublin's Grafton Street over legal alcohol limit
20 Aug 2018
41.7k
33
Survey
'Fatal' level of alcohol can be bought in Ireland for €10
9 Aug 2018
40.3k
161
Roscommon
Driver was 11 times over legal alcohol limit, had open bottle of wine beside him
7 Aug 2018
39.5k
Research
Not drinking alcohol in middle age has been linked to an increased risk of dementia
2 Aug 2018
48.7k
58
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should Garda stations have 'drunk tanks'?
16 Jul 2018
25.9k
46
Off the Road
Drink-driving laws passed by the Dáil as Danny Healy-Rae shouts, 'This is a sad day for rural Ireland'
6 Jul 2018
99.1k
216
Alcohol
What Bulmers is doing to reverse its slipping Irish cider sales
23 Jun 2018
27.6k
71
Dublin
Cannabis worth €23k seized after detector dog Bailey finds it in vacuum cleaner
22 Jun 2018
18.2k
27
Revenue
Alcohol, tobacco and medicine seized at Dublin Port
15 Jun 2018
10.6k
11
spoons
Wetherspoon won't be pulling champagne and German beer from Irish pubs after Brexit
13 Jun 2018
27.5k
49
gp conference
So many people are dying from alcohol-related deaths it's like 'planes going down without survivors'
25 May 2018
28.6k
58
Courts
Man (22) who assaulted two children and smashed windows in 'drunken rampage' jailed
9 May 2018
29.1k
32
wood you like a drink?
Japanese scientists invent 'wood alcohol' made from trees
5 May 2018
15.2k
34
cutting back
Health study says Ireland's weekly drinking limit should be 5 pints, not 8.5
13 Apr 2018
18.3k
44
Alcohol
Health taxes 'can reduce consumption' of harmful products among the poor
5 Apr 2018
9.1k
26
Maura Hallinan
Cork's oldest pub landlady, 98, will be pulling pints on Good Friday for the first time
30 Mar 2018
57.1k
26
MIT checkpoints
Garda checkpoints for drink and drugs to be set up nationwide over Easter weekend
29 Mar 2018
13.6k
24
Danger Zone
Gardaí to be out in force as 54 people killed on roads over St Patrick's Day period since 2012
14 Mar 2018
10.1k
47
chu hi
Coca-Cola is bringing out its first ever alcoholic drink and will sell it in Japan
7 Mar 2018
17.0k
19
bad apples
The company behind Bulmers is having big problems selling cider in the US
25 Feb 2018
37.2k
15
premature deaths
Heavy drinkers have higher risk of getting dementia
21 Feb 2018
15.9k
41
wine o'clock
A little bit of wine can help 'clean the mind', scientists say
2 Feb 2018
34.2k
21
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