Drinkaware is delighted to see the positive findings regarding alcohol reported from a Healthy Ireland, survey 2021 report. The Healthy Ireland Survey is an interviewer-administered survey of health and health behaviours of people living in Ireland, commissioned by the Department…
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Get the Facts About Alcohol: A Drinkaware Public webinar
We were excited to hold our first public webinar alongside behavioural psychologist, Pádraig Walsh. Didn’t make it? Don’t worry. Everything we learned is too good not to share. Do you know what the HSE low-risk weekly guidelines for alcohol are?…
Winter Research Briefing
Winter 2021 – Wellbeing and Behaviour Change DATE: WEDNESDAY 18th November 2021 TIME: 3PM THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE VIA ZOOM To mark Alcohol Awareness Week, please join us for our Winter 2021 Research Briefing. We are delighted to have lined up two speakers that will each deliver presentations focusing on…
Drinkaware welcomes Oireachtas Education Committee’s focus on Wellbeing as part of Leaving Cert Review
Drinkaware was delighted to be invited by the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to submit a written submission regarding Leaving Certificate reform. It is both positive and important that the Committee is looking…
Charity Impact Awards 2021
Drinkaware has entered the Charity Impacts Awards 2021! Voting is open to the public and you can vote for us here. At Drinkaware, we believe in our mission to reduce and prevent the misuse of alcohol in Ireland and delay…
Drinkaware publishes 2020 Annual Report & and Financial Statements
Drinkaware publishes the 2020 Annual Report and Financial Statements. 2020 was a busy year for our small but dedicated team. In 2019 Drinkaware challenged Ireland’s social norms and stereotypes regarding alcohol. In 2020 we witnessed measurable in-roads regarding the rewriting of…
‘A year on – How Covid-19 has affected behaviours and attitudes towards Alcohol’
Self-reported increase in weekly and binge drinking and increase in intent to drink less. Read on for key findings on behaviours and attitudes towards alcohol a year on from Covid-19. Key Findings: 55% drinking on a weekly basis versus 52%…
Summer Research briefing
Summer 2021 – A year on – drinking behaviours and attitudes in Ireland in the context of COVID-19 in 2021 DATE: WEDNESDAY 14TH JULY 2021 TIME: 12 NOON THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE VIA ZOOM Join us for our Summer 2021 Research Briefing, featuring John O’Mahony, Director, B&A, delivering the keynote presentation. Talk title: A year…
Guest Blog: Kate Gunn. ‘How Giving up drink for 30 days changed my life’
3 minute read. I was 43 when I decided to take a thirty-day break from alcohol. I didn’t really want to, but my partner had been advised by his doctor to see whether a month booze-free would help his ongoing reflux and heartburn. So, I agreed to join…