The importance of global alcohol policy in tackling alcohol use.

Being a child or adult child of parents with problems alcohol or drug use can be an isolating and lonely experience. Children grow up in a strained and emotionally charged environment which can hugely...

1 Nov 202452min

One of the most prominent areas of alcohol advertising is in the sports sector, which seems contradictory to the health and fitness associated with sport.Tobacco has been distanced from sport for a ve...

30 Jun 202431min

Online safety for children is a huge issue in our digital society and here at Alcohol Action Ireland we want to shine a light on how damaging digital advertising of harmful commodities, such as alcoho...

27 Mar 202437min

New studies have shown a strong connection between alcohol and a rise in domestic abuse reports. With new legislation in Ireland seeking to liberalise alcohol opening hours and density of licensed pre...

6 Feb 202436min

We are exposed to alcohol advertising everyday, and unfortunately the main target audience is often those most vulnerable to alcohol harm. Today we shed light on an important but overlooked issue - ho...

29 Nov 202335min

End the Silence is an initiative to raise awareness of issues arising from growing up with parental problem alcohol use.In Ireland, an estimated 271,000 children under 15 years of age are living with...

23 Okt 202335min

Voices of Recovery (VoR) is an initiative of Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI) which has a mission to reduce harm from alcohol. The initiative aims to bring together people with lived experience of alcohol...

29 Sep 202332min

Marion Rackard, psychotherapist, addiction counsellor and co-founder of Alcohol Action Ireland's initiative Silent Voices, discusses the psychological impacts arising from growing up with parental pro...

19 Okt 202240min