Alcohol Uncovered

Alcohol marketing regulations are failing to protect children because of clever brand sharing tactics.Partial advertising bans on the sports field and television are easily bypassed. Global alcohol co...

29 Sep 35min

Alcohol-related harm remains a persistent public health crisis in Ireland, with four lives lost to consumption daily. Although the state enacted the Public Health Alcohol Act to curb these impacts, th...

17 Aug 31min

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 Juni 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 Mars 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