Now that I'm teetotal, I seem to be less confident in the bedroom

Negative experiences online or exposure to alcohol ads could be behind the link, researchers suggested

People suffering alcohol addiction have 'come out of the woodwork' since the pandemic, Michael Guerin of the Cuan Mhuire addiction treatment centres said'

Major study from the Health Research Board shows the rise in liver disease cases has been 'most pronounced' among young people aged 15-34 and those aged over 65

Almost a quarter of people have reported increasing their alcohol consumption

A Limerick-based Garda was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated last weekend. The member of the force was arrested and detained for questioning, last Saturday.

 A drunken man was asked for his name and address as he kept falling over on the street but he refused to give them saying he had a law degree and the guard was wrong to ask.

Women are constantly on the receiving end of messages about 'wine o clock', but problem drinking among Irish women is on the rise, with a worrying increase in women dying of liver disease at a young age. Nicole Glennon reports

Despite pubs and restaurants being closed since last December, Gardaí have arrested 1,112 drivers for driving while intoxicated in the first two months of 2021.

Patrick O’Donovan said he was just trying to impress on people “we can see the finishing line up ahead - I'm just asking people to stick with it, it's really hard, we all know that but tomorrow is a day - just let it pass, just let it go.” 

Drinkaware says the impact of alcohol use among young people was likely to have been exacerbated over the past year due to Covid-19

Almost 40% of third-year students who drink have already done so to the point of being sick, having an accident, or becoming involved in violence

'This country and its people are pathologically obsessed with alcohol, and the minister’s definition of it confirms this belief'

Despite a renaissance in Irish whiskey, the industry is not a simple one to enter

Is gambling a worse addiction in Ireland than alcohol — and how are our children affected?

National Council for the Blind of Ireland pleads for volunteers during Covid-19

The incident happened when the defendant collected one of her younger children from school.

John O'Brien has named the whiskey after his uncle, hurler and local publican Jim McDonnell

Young people likely to drink more, while unemployed people are twice as likely to face some form of mental health difficulty, new data from the CSO says

Donall O’Keeffe, Chief Executive of the LVA, called for evidence that wet pubs pose a greater risk than pubs that serve food

Nearly 20% of surveyed Irish teenagers have tried smoking cannabis. 

Section 22 of the 2018 Public Health Alcohol Act comes into place today

Study shows how parents' drinking issues can have life-long implications on their child's physical and mental health

American actor Johnny Depp has lost his three-week libel battle with a British tabloid newspaper. Depp sued The Sun, a News Group Newspaper, which had called him a “wife-beater”.

Consumption of beer, cider and spirits has all fallen, however consumption of wine has risen.

Large increase in calls relating to cocaine and tablet use, including anti-anxiety pills, in the July-September period

Two Garda investigations are currently ongoing regarding Golfgate - one into the whether or not the hotel itself obeyed Covid-19 regulations

Four ministers have supported the idea of possibly restricting off-licences' opening hours in a bid to reduce house parties and social gatherings

A Government minister has warned that limiting off-licence opening hours and the volumes of alcohol people can buy could be looked at as part of efforts to halt the spread of Covid-19.

A teenaged girl trying to get away from a man who threatened to hit her head with a bottle got her leg caught on a metal spike while climbing over a fence and her attacker forced her leg deeper onto the spike.

Intensive care consultant Dr Catherine Motherway has warned that there cannot be a return to the packed pubs of the past.

The research found a sharp rise in the consumption of cannabis and prescription tranquillisers among respective users of those drugs

Results of the autospy are not being released 'for operational purposes' as gardaí appeal for witnesses

Men and women can consume their weekly alcohol limits for "pocket money" prices. 

Dubai has again loosened laws governing alcohol sales and possession of liquor as the sheikhdom tries to claw its way out of an economic depression worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.

Gardaí also carried out nearly 400 checkpoints last weekend to enforce the lockdown in the midlands.

A Revenue detector dog has helped officers at Dublin Port to find thousands of smuggled cigarettes and almost €7,000 worth of smuggled alcohol. Detector dog Kelly found 2.

The likelihood of pubs re-opening next Monday remains uncertain as public health officials have voiced concern that the return of bars could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases.

VFI Chief Executive, Padraig Cribben, feels pubs that do not serve food have been unfairly targetted by the State.

The biggest decrease was in the beer category.

Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann has committed to a public consultation on the introduction of minimum pricing for alcohol.

Cocktails in lockdown helped to soothe the woes of distillers but the pandemic’s effect on hospital admissions is disrupting chocolate maker Lindt.

Nearly 400 litres of home-made alcohol was seized in Irish prisons last year.

Alcohol kills almost 2,000 men in Ireland every year, according to Alcohol Action Ireland.