As the national independent charity working to prevent and reduce alcohol misuse and delay the age of first drink, Drinkaware welcomes the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth’s recently launched National Framework for children and young people’s participation in…
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CEO Comments: Alcohol Has No Place in Childhood
CEO Comments As the national charity working to prevent underage drinking Drinkaware firmly believes that alcohol has no place in childhood. The legal age for drinking is 18 years, but the average age of first drink is 15.5 years (Drinkaware…
Drinkaware’s response to the public consultation on the Healthy Ireland Men Action Plan 2017-2021
Drinkaware welcomed the opportunity to respond to the public consultation on the Healthy Ireland Men Action Plan (HI-M) 2017-2021). According to the 2021 Drinkaware Barometer, men are more than twice as likely to engage in binge drinking alcohol than women,…
Alcohol Education Matters – Junior Cycle alcohol education programme includes new lessons on coping & influences
Drinkaware, the national charity working to reduce alcohol misuse and delay the age of first drink has added two new module themes to the Junior Cycle Alcohol Education programme. The Drinkaware Junior Cycle Alcohol Education Programme (JC AEP), in line…
The cost of Covid: Low mental wellbeing and drinking to cope prevail.
Newly published research on Covid-19’s impact on alcohol behaviour and attitudes. “A year on – Irish adults’ behaviour and attitudes towards alcohol in the context of Covid-19“, explores for the first time, the impact of Covid-19 on Irish adults’ behaviour…
Drinkaware’s Response to the WHO EU Action Plan
Drinkaware’s social contract is to prevent and reduce the misuse of alcohol and tackle underage drinking and is a citizen-driven social purpose. Our success in staying true to this purpose is in the extraordinary levels of trust and awareness the…
ALCOHOL DATA IS COMPLEX
Drinkaware commments on Revenue data on alcohol consumption 23/03/22 Alcohol data is complex and should be viewed in context rather than from a single perspective which runs the risk of over-simplifying the issue: Per capita consumption – such as the…
The low-risk weekly alcohol guidelines must be reviewed in context and communicated widely
As the national charity working to prevent and reduce alcohol misuse in Ireland, Drinkaware welcomes the recently announced review of the low-risk weekly alcohol guidelines, and has offered its support of same in its submissions to the Oireachtas Health Committee…
Invitation to Drinkaware Spring 2022 Research Briefing
Date: 30th March 2022 Time: 12 noon This event will take place online via Zoom We are pleased to invite you to join us for our Spring 2022 Research Briefing. We are delighted to welcome Dr Michael Daly, Maynooth University who…