Barnardo’s chief executive Fergus Finlay is determined to continue with the controversial Stop Out of Control Drinking campaign despite its funder, Diageo, withdrawing its representative from the board.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has welcomed the decision by the head of Diageo Ireland to step down from the board of the 'Stop Out-of-Control Drinking' campaign.

TV ads for beer establish an atmosphere and context of collective happiness, writies Terry Prone

Diageo, the country’s largest drinks company and owner of Guinness, is to pour millions into a public awareness campaign aimed at preventing excessive drinking.

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is to sever all ties with DrinkAware in a row over the promotion of Arthur’s Day, which promotes Guinness.

John Caulfield admits he is taking a risk in becoming the new Cork City manager, but it was a chance he could not turn down.

THERE are three references to the consumption of stout in Christy Moore’s much-loved song from the ’80s, Lisdoonvarna.

Drinks giant Diageo is to pay for extra gardaí to be brought onto the streets of cities around the country to police Arthur’s Day celebrations tonight.

Arthur’s Day, hopefully, will become an annual no-alcohol day, in remembrance of people destroyed by it.

It’s just four years old, but has Arthur’s Day lost its froth already?

Youth website SpunOut.ie has today called on artists performing as part of Arthur’s Day to donate their fees to charities tackling alcohol-related harm.

Drinks giant Diageo has been forced to defend its Arthur’s Day celebration — a Guinness-sponsored music event — after it was attacked by doctors and well-known personalities.

Guinness brewer Diageo is leading the race into emerging markets as it serves drinkers from Moscow to Mumbai.

THE advertising watchdog has told Guinness they can’t run a rugby ad again because it linked the drink with sporting success and greatness.

IF the world’s biggest spirits company Diageo wants to be a leading player in American whiskey, the experience of another major company attempting a US merger won’t give it much cause for cheer.

A WINE dedicated to Munster rugby has been going down very well at Thomond Park’s hospitality suites.

THE 2020 Strategy Committee for agri-food, forestry and fisheries is drawn from senior experts and participants in all aspects of the sector.

DIAGEO IRELAND, owners of several international brands including Guinness, has announced it will shed 107 jobs or 5% of its 2,000 Irish workforce as part of a cost-cutting exercise.

DIAGEO, owners of Guinness and Baileys in Ireland, said sales in the third quarter of its financial year were flat.

FARMERS warned yesterday of more protests over barley prices after Guinness producer Diageo refused to step-in and help resolve the row.

THE Diageo announcement saw Mary Coughlan walking into her first row since being appointed Tánaiste and Enterprise Minister less than 48 hours earlier.

The Director General of IBEC, Turlough O'Sullivan, today warmly welcomed the €650m capital investment plan announced by Diageo.

GUINNESS is to end its 150-year-old rolling transport contract with Irish Rail - resulting in the transfer of the transportation of 1.3 million kegs annually from rail to road.

Drinks giant Pernod Ricard should be ready to serve up a £7.4bn (€10.8bn) takeover deal for rival Allied Domecq later this week, reports indicated today.

Plans to freeze the price of a pint of Guinness are merely a stay of execution for Irish publicans, it was claimed today.