alcohol consumption

Best of luck to all receiving results this week! The long-awaited Leaving Certificate results will land on Friday (August 25th), and the HSE is encouraging parents to discuss safe celebrations for the school-leavers in their family. Students expecting their results will have studied through the Covid-19 pandemic and deserve to enjoy this milestone with friends […]

3 years ago

228 of these children were aged less than nine years old. According to Freedom of Information figures released to Newstalk earlier this week, over 900 children were treated in Irish hospitals for drug and alcohol-related illnesses last year. Two-thirds of these were girls. The conditions include drug or alcohol poisoning, a mental health disorder due […]

5 years ago

Did you find it hard giving up alcohol for the duration of your pregnancy, mums? I have to admit that part of pregnancy didn’t bother me in the slightest, probably in large part due to the fact that I very (very) rarely drink to begin with. Which meant that once pregnant, it was not really […]

7 years ago

A  study has revealed that couples who drink together regularly have much happier relationships, and therefore stay together longer. The research used 4,864 married people for the study, all of whom had been in their relationships for over 33 years. Asked questions about their drinking habits, the results proved that men were more likely to […]

7 years ago

She made the decision after one hungover school run. Everyone knows hangovers warrant calm, quiet environments where you can totally focus on yourself and just relax. What’s the opposite of all of that? Kids. When children are in your life, you’re no longer your number one priority and their needs quickly outweigh your own. It’s […]

8 years ago

Leo Varadkar has launched the State’s new national strategy on drug and alcohol use.

9 years ago