Alcohol in Ireland now costs so little that a woman can consume enough to damage her health by spending just €5.50 a week while a “fatal” amount can be bought for less than €10, a new pricing survey suggests.
AUSTRALIA - Diagnosing brain impairments caused by alcohol consumption during pregnancy remains a challenge in Australia, but new eye-tracking technology could help change that.
On a sunny Saturday in late July, more than 1,500 people descended on trendy east London for an afternoon of heavy drinking.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade figures showed an overall increase in retail turnover of 0.4 per cent in June and a 0.2 per cent increase for liquor retailing, seasonally adjusted.
The fight against under-age drinking, foetal alcohol syndrome and the scourge of illegal traders in various communities across the Eastern Cape have led to the formation of an alcohol harm reduction programme launched in Buffalo City Metro on Tuesday.
THE SUMMER heatwave might be welcome among pub dwellers across the UK and Ireland, but it could be paving the way for a major hike for gin, beer, and whiskey prices.
New UK distilleries ranged from whisky in Scotland to urban gin south of the border, said UHY Hacker Young, releasing new figures this week that suggest the craft spirits boom shows little sign of abating.
Scotch whisky has been successfully registered as a certification trademark in South Africa, its seventh largest market by volume.
Lowering the minimum sale price of bottled and canned beer was one of many campaign promises made by Ontario’s Doug Ford-led Progressive Conservative party.
A group of West Aucklanders have launched an online petition to challenge the alcohol monopoly that prevents local residents buying wine or beer at supermarkets.