Warning labels on alcohol an idea from ‘different time’, Minister warned Cabinet colleague
Minister for Enterprise asked Minister for Health to pause plans for alcohol health warnings due to global economic uncertainty
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A portrait of Robert Dudley Edwards by his doting granddaughter turns out to be gripping, unconventional and searingly honest
The UCD historian was controversial in his day for his "revisionist" approach to established Irish narratives, and his personal life had its share of boozy misadventure, writes Stephen Collins.
‘We were possibly naive at the start’: Grace O’Malley Spirits resurgent following branding overhaul
‘I think some of us - looking back - might have been experts on the wrong side of the bar and learned that the hard way.’
Leaving Cert holidays 2025: Pupils and parents on ‘hellish’ Albufeira, ‘crazy’ Zante and ‘cultural’ Berlin
For parents, this can be a nerve-racking time, ‘but you also have to let them experience things’
Ireland is becoming a country of moderate drinkers and voracious cocaine users
Ireland is the joint-fourth highest consumer of cocaine globally, and it’s primarily a youth problem
Sinéad Gibney tells of how cousin Des Bishop ‘helped me to reflect on my own drinking’
‘My drinking had always been too heavy. I had my first drink at 14,’ says Social Democrats TD
I Am Not an Alcoholic: Camaraderie was coming out of the cracks in the walls
Part 25: When I leave an AA meeting, I feel bad about myself. Why can’t I connect with these people? What is wrong with me?
‘They love Irish whiskey there’: How one spirits firm is looking to Africa after Trump tariff threat
After tasting success in Nigeria already, Element Irish Whiskey is looking further afield in the populous continent
Teagasc opens new brewing and distilling research centre
Brewers previously had to travel abroad to train, Minister says, on opening new Teagasc centre
‘Ireland’s answer to Hollows & Fentimans’: The father-daughter team behind Zingibeer are chasing Gen Z drinkers
The ginger-beer makers hit €500,000 in turnover last year in domestic trade, but they have an eye on international markets
The Public Accounts Committee returns, and is already making headlines
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Irish whiskey is undergoing a market correction, a temporary blip, a ‘little pause’
Some 90% of producers have cut back on production amid slowdown
Mandatory alcohol warning labels could be reconsidered due to tariff impact on industry - Harris
Timeline ‘under consideration’ with eye on US tax impact on drinks industry
Should plans to put cancer warning labels on alcohol go ahead? A doctor and a wine expert debate
Ireland is to become world’s first country to bring in mandatory health labelling on alcohol products, although Paschal Donohoe has said this may need to be re-examined
‘There is hope’: Rescue plan approved for Waterford’s Blackwater Distillery
Blackwater Distillery entered rescue process ‘weighed down by the burden of debt’
As my life got easier, I got angrier. Things should not be so hard for the working class
I cannot accept that mental health issues and neurodivergence are ‘overdiagnosed’
I Am Not an Alcoholic: A lot of things changed for me when I stopped drinking
I hated my first taste of alcohol and wondered how grown-ups could drink this stuff. Yet we still go on to try it again and again
‘I am really struggling with the drinking culture among my friends’
Tell Me About It: ‘My family tell me to go and make new friends, but it is not easy in my mid-30s’
Advertising zero-alcohol drinks ‘flagrant breach’ of laws, campaign group claims
Restrictions should apply to alcohol-free versions of drinks at sports events and near schools, Alcohol Action Ireland says
Is there alcohol in alcohol-free beers, and should we be worried?
Two readers contact us over concerns about alcohol-free beer
I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘I was not expecting there to be a whiff of alcohol within sight, I was caught unaware’
Part 23: Prudence is the key to sobriety — it is important to remember the tough times
My 40-year-old body is in a constant state of recovery from moderate drinking
Despite my drinking habits moving into the moderate range, the issue of fatigue arose, days, weeks, months and years of feeling ‘a little bit tired’
Should the Government move to label alcohol as a cancer-causing substance?
Dr Muiris Houston: Implementing a labelling regime could help make people aware of the potential cancer risks of alcohol consumption
Novelist Catherine Airey: ‘Growing up in a Catholic family, there is always a lot of stuff that’s not talked about’
The debut novelist left her career in London behind to write fiction in west Cork, where she started to grapple with her demons
Conor Pope: What if dry January turned into dry forever? Eight ways life has changed since I stopped drinking in 2022
I would not have considered myself a big drinker and, like so many Irish people, I was lying to myself
Doctors share 19 tips for looking after your liver: Don’t drink alcohol every day, but do drink coffee, and lose weight
Here, doctors share their advice on how to keep the vital organ healthy all year round
Will water stop a hangover and, if not, what will?
What the Science Says: Part 1. The reality – and myths – of hangover cures
Mother who fled home with children on Christmas Day gets protection order against husband
Drink, drugs and mental health issues are factors in many applications under Domestic Violence Act
I Am Not an Alcoholic: Some people get uncomfortable having a glass of wine around me and try hide it. Please stop
Part 22: Another trigger, and maybe even bigger than Christmas, is holidays
Christmas is associated with drinking in a manner that would be outrageous any other time of year
If you’re trying to avoid alcohol too, remember that this is all temporary. Granny’s glass of sherry at 10am - temporary. Uncle asleep in the boot room on St Stephen’s day - funny and temporary
More than 2,000 drivers caught speeding on Irish roads in one week during Garda crackdown
More than 1,940 checkpoints carried out with 178 people arrested for driving under the influence
‘He drinks too much. But what else can he do? He lives alone’
The General, who was in with a broken leg, seemed surprisingly compassionate
The unravelling of a housing minister: Eoghan Murphy opens up about sleeping pills, manic running, anxiety and tears
Former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy’s account of his failures (and failings) is candid, unforgiving, unfiltered and utterly brutal
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