ALCOHOL is set to flow at some of Cork’s flagship open-air festivals and carnivals.

ALCOHOL may cut the risk of heart disease by almost a third in men, research suggested yesterday.

ALCOHOL sales slumped 7% in the first eight months of this year and a staggering 14% last month alone — a greater decline than experienced over the past six years combined.

THE drinks industry lobbied the Government ahead of last December’s budget to reduce the tax on alcohol, the Tax Strategy Group papers reveal.

YET another think-tank on alcohol issues — this time led by the justice minister with the aim of addressing the alcohol and criminality issue. The expert Special Task Force on Alcohol (STFA) has, once again, been left hanging in mid-air, supplanted by the specially-concocted Working Group on Alcohol.

ALCOHOL sales have continued to slump more than a year after the introduction of the ban on smoking in the workplace, according to fresh figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Dr Ann Hope, National Alcohol Policy Adviser at the Department of Health and the Government’s main advisor on alcohol, has warned that forthcoming legislation to permit cafés to sell alcohol will exacerbate drinking problems.

CHILDREN’S charity Barnardos has vowed to make Ireland the best place in the world to be a child by 2016.

ALCOHOL companies are facing advertising restrictions, including a ban on sporting event sponsorship, as the Government combats underage drinking.

PREGNANT women risk damaging their babies because of their drinking habits, a conference on alcohol was told yesterday.