One of the most established addiction treatment centres in the country has warned its future is in doubt because of changes to welfare payments.

Financial pressures are preventing many people with addictions from getting help, according to a leading treatment agency.

A leading addiction group is on the verge of turning people away from its doors because a vital €19-a-day Department of Social Protection payment is no longer available.

There has been an alarming increase in the number of young men seeking treatment for gambling addiction because of the popularity of online betting and ease of access to internet sites.

MORE people with chronic alcohol addiction are being referred to Cork-based treatment services, with experts claiming one factor could be the role of alcohol in the Roscommon abuse case.

JUSTICE Minister Alan Shatter is to target unregulated gambling dens and clubs in a bid to protect young and vulnerable people exposed to the industry.

A leading Irish addiction centre says financial worries and the recession have triggered a sharp rise in the number of addiction problems here.

ON February 9, 1989, Tabor Lodge opened its doors to addicted people and their families.

SOCIETY is in denial about the impact of addiction on families who regularly struggle to cope while the addict obtains professional help, an expert in addiction has warned.

IN reply to your report headlined ‘Clean needles still unavailable to addicts’ (February 2), I would like to know if the Government-appointed “expert group” recommended that the goal of a “drug-free lifestyle” should be part of its strategy?

A LEADING psychiatrist will tell parents how to talk to their teenagers about drink and drugs at a free public meeting tonight.

THERE has been a dramatic rise in the number of young people abusing a cocktail of alcohol, cocaine and cannabis.