Healing from addiction isn’t just about recovering from what happened; it’s about becoming free from the scripts that no longer serve us. Join us for a FREE online discussion on Tuesday, 23 June (6-7.15pm) as we explore the questions many people carry but rarely ask www.eventbrite.ie/e/rewriting-...

Rewriting the Script – Healing Invisible Wounds

An Online Discussion Based on the new poetry book No Small Talk by Paddy Creedon & Denise Costa & Growing Up with Addiction by Tian Dayton

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In her guest blog, Sinéad Gibney TD marks ‘labelling day’ by outlining how almost 3,000 lives will have been lost to alcohol by the time the revised introduction date arrives & how the labelling fiasco has seen Ireland go from world leader to bystander READ MORE ⬇️ alcoholireland.ie/labelling-fi...

Labelling fiasco has seen Ireland go from world leader to bystander - Alcohol Action Ireland

Guest blog by Sinéad Gibney TD Forty years ago this month, the then Minister for Health Barry Desmond put his signature to a regulation requiring health warnings on cigarette packets. Despite all the ...

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AAI CEO Sheila Gilheany writes in Irish Examiner how today should have been a proud day for public health in Ireland with the introduction of health warning labels on alcohol products. Instead Govt capitulated to industry lobbying & delayed them until Sept 2028 www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Sheila Gilheany: New alcohol labels should have been introduced today, but lobbyists derailed them

More than half of all deaths in Ireland are caused by four industries — alcohol, tobacco, fossil fuels, and unhealthy foods, all of which resist public health measures

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AAI CEO Dr Sheila Gilheany yesterday outlined some of the 'shocking numbers' around alcohol's impact on road safety to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport. AAI is calling on government to set breath test targets and ensure resources are made available to reach them.

Alcohol is involved in over a third of driver deaths in Ireland. Almost 1 in 8 drivers (12pc) admit to drink driving in the past 12 months. In 2021 just 18 tests per 1,000 inhabitants were carried out here. In France it was 109 & in Estonia it was 576. READ MORE ⬇️ www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...

Dramatic fall in number of breath tests despite a million more drivers on road

The number of breath tests being carried out on Irish roads has plummeted, despite the number of drivers increasing by nearly one million.

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AAI was delighted to brief TDs & Senators at Leinster House on the impact of alcohol on road safety. Alcohol and road safety is available here: alcoholireland.ie/wp-content/u... Pic (l-r): Dr Eoin Fogarty (AAI), Pa Daly TD, Leo Lieghio (IRVA), Sheila Gilheany (AAI), and Donna Price (IRVA)

Huge thanks to Laura Clynes for taking part in the Women’s Mini Marathon this year in support AAI - we really appreciate it! ❤️ To donate please click the link below. Every contribution, no matter how small, can make a real and meaningful difference. Thank you. www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/l...

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AAI board member Eoin Fogarty, Emergency Medicine & Retrieval Consultant Cork University Hospital, outlines how lives lost due to the reckless & selfish behaviour of others are the hardest of all to accept. Too often that behaviour is drink-driving. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

'Drink‑driving is not an accident': Cork emergency consultant calls for urgent reforms to save lives

As a doctor, what is hardest of all to accept are the lives lost due to the reckless and selfish behaviour of others — too often, drink-driving

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Alcohol & tobacco are both linked to serious disease, yet the industries have spent decades casting doubt on the risks. In Follow the Money EU journalist Irene van den Berg reveals how Big Alcohol uses the same playbook as Big Tobacco to downplay public health concerns. www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

Podcast | Big Tobacco shows Big Alcohol how to lobby

Alcohol and tobacco are both linked to serious disease, yet the industries have spent decades casting doubt on the risks. Journalist Irene van den Berg revealed how cigarette giants funded treatment f...

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Fantastic news that Operation Encompass, which will facilitate an information sharing partnership between Gardai & schools, enabling school staff to offer immediate support for children experiencing domestic abuse, is to be piloted in Drogheda ahead of a national roll-out www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Minister Jim O’Callaghan convenes cross-border meeting to progress Operation Encompass in this jurisdiction

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AAI CEO Sheila Gilheany outlines in The Irish Times how Government receptions funded by Diageo reinforce industry ties & grant access to policymakers for an industry that costs taxpayers about €14bn a year, likely double that of tobacco. Govt would not accept tobacco sponsorship, why is alcohol ok?

On average, every day more than 1,000 people in Ireland get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol. Fewer than 14 of them will be caught. Ireland has the lowest level of roadside breath test checkpoints in the EU, while alcohol is involved in over a third of driver deaths on our roads.

AAI's latest report, Alcohol and road safety, points the way for government to reduce the carnage on our roads. The report, with foreword from Donna Price, Irish Road Victims Associations, puts forward a series of recommendations including: alcoholireland.ie/wp-content/u...

Ireland's decision to 'partner' with Diageo for its St Patrick's Day reception in Brussels is raising eyebrows not only in Ireland but also across Europe after government allowed the alcohol lobby to 'score a recent win' against health labels on alcohol products. www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...

The rise and rise of the inflated open letter

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Movendi International is launching a new wide-ranging report on binge drinking, its acute consequences and lasting impacts tomorrow. The report outlines how binge drinking is the fundamental building block of most alcohol-related harm. alcoholireland.ie/press-releas...

Press release: Binge drinking the fundamental building block of most alcohol-related harm - new report - Alcohol Action Ireland

Alcohol Action Ireland press release, Monday, 2 March 2026 Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI) chairperson Prof Frank Murray (Consultant and chairperson of the European Health Alliance on Alcohol) will be at...

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The latest video from @theguardian.com series 'It's Complicated' looks at how alcohol companies use zero-alcohol advertising - particularly at major sports events - to maintain high brand visibility even in jurisdictions with advertising restrictions such as Ireland www.youtube.com/shorts/Nzg7r...

How alcohol brands sneakily bypass ad bans

YouTube video by It's Complicated

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New report by Safefood shows that children see unhealthy food marketing every four minutes online which can impact their health, with most parents underestimating the scale & type of digital food marketing their children encounter. www.safefood.net/communicatio...

safefood | Children see unhealthy food ads every 4 mins online

Food safety and healthy eating on the island of Ireland.

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New research shows that watching influencers drink alcohol in social media posts increases young people’s desire to drink. The study found that participants who perceived influencers as highly credible had dramatically greater odds of wanting to drink. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Exposure to Alcohol-Related Social Media Content and Desire to Drink Among Young Adults

This survey study investigates the association between exposure to favorable depiction of alcohol use online and alcohol consumption in individuals aged 18 to 24 years.

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With the number of deaths caused by alcohol in Northern Ireland rising by 81% between 2014-2024, over 60 health bodies & charities have collectively written to Michelle O'Neill & Emma Little-Pengelly to urge Northern Ireland to introduce minimum unit pricing ⬇️ www.newsletter.co.uk/health/oneil...

O’Neill and Little-Pengelly urged to act on alcohol price limits as deaths rise

Northern Ireland should introduce minimum unit pricing (MUP) to tackle alcohol-related deaths, the First Minister and deputy First Minister have been told.

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February is oesophageal cancer awareness month. Alcohol causes at least 7 types of cancer including oesophageal cancer. Alcohol health information labels are crucial to efforts to reduce incidences of cancer in Ireland. There can be no further delay to labelling.

AAI's latest report looks at the impact alcohol advertising around sports events has on youth drinking in Ireland. If we believe sport is for participation, health & youth development, then alcohol sponsorship has no place on the pitch, the jersey, or the screen. alcoholireland.ie/wp-content/u...

Celebrity actors, musicians & athletes are promoting their own alcohol products on Instagram without clear disclosure of advertising content & almost all posts are visible to underage users, raising concerns about youth exposure to harmful alcohol marketing online www.latrobe.edu.au/news/article...

Celebrity alcohol ads slip into teens’ Insta feeds

Stronger regulation needed for alcohol promotions.

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Have you ever felt ‘bombarded’ with junk food & alcohol messaging? Trinity Business School have created a calendar to show what that means - despite 25 years of healthy eating policies Ireland does not have a healthy food & alcohol environment @tcddublin.bsky.social Visit www.tcd.ie/media/tcd/he...

Today is Safer Internet Day 2026. There is significant association between exposure to alcohol ads & drinking behaviour, particularly among children. Social-media & video sharing platforms are ideal spaces for marketing, allowing alcohol companies to reach young people www.webwise.ie/news/safer-i...

Safer Internet Day 2026 -

Safer Internet Day will take place on 11th February, with the theme, “Prepare / Protect / Thrive: Navigating Algorithms and Influencers.”

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This week is #COAWeek2026. Silent Voices is an initiative of Alcohol Action Ireland that seeks to highlight the harm caused by parental problem alcohol use and its impact across the lifespan & aims to ensure the right supports are available. More on Silent Voices alcoholireland.ie/our-work/cam...

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It’s #COAWeek 2026! Let’s break the silence around growing up with a parent who drinks too much. The theme this year is helping ‘the next generation’. Join the movement for change! 💙 COAweek.org.uk.

There are plenty of reasons why the evaluation of the Public Heath (Alcohol) Act 2018, which is currently being undertaken with an interim report due in March, should recommend increasing the rate of Minimum Unit Pricing by at least 30%. www.imt.ie/news/benefit...

Benefits of alcohol pricing regulations ‘eroded by inflation’

Alcohol Action Ireland calls for 30 per cent increase in minimum unit pricing, from 10 cents to 13 cents per gram of alcohol

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Great to see that Wales has passed regulations to continue with Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol and to increase the minimum unit price by 30%, bringing it into line with the rate in Scotland. Ireland must now do similar & increase MUP by 30% READ MORE 👇 alcoholireland.ie/press-releas...

Press release: Ireland must follow Welsh lead and increase MUP rate by 30% - Alcohol Action Ireland

Alcohol Action Ireland press release, Wednesday, 4 February 2026. Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), the national independent advocate to reduce alcohol harm, welcomes the announcement on 3 February that W...

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Children & adults in Ireland will soon be bombarded with alcohol marketing when the Six Nations kicks off - no doubt a blend between 0.0 & full-strength alcohol advertising using identical branding - this despite there being a watershed ban on alcohol advertising on TV. fare.org.au/australian-o...

Australian Open hits wrong record for alcohol sponsors

The sound of tennis balls whizzing through the summer air can only mean one thing: the Australian Open is back.   Every January,

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New report from @ias.org.uk outlining alcohol industry interference in English public health initiatives closely mirrors Ireland's experience, where intense industry lobbying & disinformation led to government delaying its own world-leading labelling legislation. www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...

Now you see it, now you don’t - Institute of Alcohol Studies

Now you see it, now you don’t: How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England In July 2025, the UK Government published its 10 Year Hea...

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The continued surge in youth drinking in Ireland is a red flag for a coming tsunami of harms from alcohol for individuals, families and society in general, now and into the future. www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Concern as 43,000 young people in Ireland now living with alcohol dependency amid ‘surge’ in youth drinking

There are 43,000 young people in Ireland living with alcohol dependence, according to a new report.

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