Drink abuse failure ‘will mean more suicides’

Many lives will be lost unnecessarily to suicide and many others will self-harm due to the Government’s slow reaction to addressing the problem of alcohol abuse in Ireland, a leading suicide expert has warned.

UCC lecturer and the director of research at the National Suicide Research Foundation, Professor Ella Arensman yesterday expressed disappointment at the Government’s proposed target of 2020 for the ban on sponsorship of sports by alcohol firms.

Reducing Irish adolescents' heavy drinking should reduce their rate of self-harm - Prof Ella Arensman #facingthefear

— AlcoholActionIreland (@AlcoholIreland) November 20, 2013