HIGH levels of alcohol-related social harm “does not bode well for the future health and well-being of the Irish population”, a major report into alcohol abuse has warned.

ALMOST half of murders committed over a 20-year period were carried out by people who were drunk at the time, according to a Health Service Executive report.

WE’RE LOSING the battle against alcohol, but the real cost of damage being done by alcohol misuse in Ireland will be felt over the next 20 years, an international expert has warned.

Teenage suicide is a tragedy waiting to happen because of a lack of resources and facilities in mental health services for young people, experts warned today.

The appointment of a former director general of RTÉ to head Northern Ireland’s Equality Commission angered a senior unionist today.

A senior member of the Democratic Unionists today denounced the appointment of former Assembly member Monica McWilliams as the chief human rights commissioner in Northern Ireland as crass.

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ALCOHOL Action Ireland agrees with the views of the Department of Health’s alcohol policy adviser, Dr Ann Hope, about cafe bars.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell’s plans to introduce café-style bars to tackle binge drinking will only make the problem worse, according to the Government’s foremost alcohol adviser.

IRISH students spend €80 million on alcohol each college year — averaging €110 each a month.

YOUNG Irish men binge-drink six times more than most of their counterparts across Europe.