Changes to drink driving laws affect rural dwellers most, with people living in the countryside reporting almost 20% more behaviour change than their urban counterparts.

Simon Harris, the health minister, is urging people to use the HSE as a source of information so they can make “informed decisions” about their drinking instead of using the alcohol-industry funded Drinkaware website.

You could say it was ‘down in one’, because one day is all it took for Heineken to blot out the pint of stout that dominates an iconic mural in Macroom.

Regulations on alcohol advertising need to go beyond where they are displayed, and tackle the content of the ads themselves, according to an advocacy group.

21% of Irish adults are classified as hazardous drinkers, according to the 2019 Drinkaware Index.

More than a third of under-25s are binge-drinking on a weekly basis, a new report on the country’s drinking habits has found.

The latest garda statistics again showing an increase in drink driving arrests — ‘Over 600 arrested for drink-driving in February’, (breakingnews.ie, April 4) — make for unsettling reading.

Free games and apps targeting children are being used to market foods high in fat, salt and sugar, writes Margaret Jennings

Young children who are particularly susceptible to advertising are subjected to more than 1,000 television ads per year promoting unhealthy food, experts have warned.

FIONA QUINN was taken aback when her 12-year-old daughter revealed the latest Confirmation trend — designer cakes.

Sheena Horgan is against ads that zealously target children. She talks to Colette Sheridan about the important distinction between wants and needs.