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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 14/05/2026

AAI CEO Dr Sheila Gilheany yesterday outlined some of the 'shocking numbers' around alcohol's impact on road safety to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport. AAI is calling on government to set breath test targets and ensure resources are made available to reach them.

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 30/04/2026

AAI was delighted to brief TDs & Senators at Leinster House on the impact of alcohol on road safety. Alcohol and road safety is available here: alcoholireland.ie/wp-content/u... Pic (l-r): Dr Eoin Fogarty (AAI), Pa Daly TD, Leo Lieghio (IRVA), Sheila Gilheany (AAI), and Donna Price (IRVA)

Pictured (l-r) at the briefing are: Dr Eoin Fogarty (AAI board member and Emergency Medicine and Retrieval Consultant, Cork University Hospital), Pa Daly TD, Leo Lieghio (IRVA Vice President), Sheila Gilheany (AAI CEO), and Donna Price (IRVA President), Leinster House, Dublin, Tuesday 28 April 2026

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 25/03/2026

The delay to Ireland's world-leading alcohol labelling regulations gets special mention as a prime example of the power of the alcohol lobby and industry's ease of access to the corridors of power nationally and internationally.

Image of alcohol health information label

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 13/03/2026

AAI CEO Sheila Gilheany outlines in The Irish Times how Government receptions funded by Diageo reinforce industry ties & grant access to policymakers for an industry that costs taxpayers about €14bn a year, likely double that of tobacco. Govt would not accept tobacco sponsorship, why is alcohol ok?

Letter to Irish Times from Sheila Gilheany, Alcohol Action Ireland CEO

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 12/03/2026

On average, every day more than 1,000 people in Ireland get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol. Fewer than 14 of them will be caught. Ireland has the lowest level of roadside breath test checkpoints in the EU, while alcohol is involved in over a third of driver deaths on our roads.

Drink driving graphic - drink drivers have a 1.3% chance of being arrested at a checkpoint in Ireland

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 19/02/2026

February is oesophageal cancer awareness month. Alcohol causes at least 7 types of cancer including oesophageal cancer. Alcohol health information labels are crucial to efforts to reduce incidences of cancer in Ireland. There can be no further delay to labelling.

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 12/02/2026

Have you ever felt ‘bombarded’ with junk food & alcohol messaging? Trinity Business School have created a calendar to show what that means - despite 25 years of healthy eating policies Ireland does not have a healthy food & alcohol environment @tcddublin.bsky.social Visit www.tcd.ie/media/tcd/he...

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 27/01/2026

While health information labels can still be found on some alcohol products, it is disappointing to see some producers remove the labels again to hide the facts from their customers in Ireland. There can be no further delay to labelling @micheal-martin.bsky.social @simonharrisireland.bsky.social

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 15/01/2026

That so many different alcohol producers added health info labels to their products before it had become mandatory shows just how easily labelling can be done. Industry's issue isn't the label itself, it's the facts on the label. There can be no further delay to this vital public health legislation.

Pictures of alcohol products with health information labels required under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 07/07/2025

Despite the industry scaremongering, many wine producers have already adjusted to putting health info labels on bottles set for the Irish market - labels can already be found on multiple products in shops. Why seek to delay what is already law? #stickwithlabels

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 10/06/2025

Great @irishtimes.com letter by @ralphhurleyodwyer.bsky.social summing up exactly why Govt must increase alcohol excise duties in next Budget. Each year, alcohol costs Ireland billions in healthcare, policing & lost productivity. Alcohol taxation reduces consumption while also raising vital revenue

$Alcohol consumption and tax Sir, – The recent report showing a 4.5 per cent drop in alcohol consumption in Ireland last year (“Alcohol consumption falls 4.5 per cent, putting Irish at European average,” June 9th), is welcome news, reflecting healthier public attitudes and the success of evidence-based policy, including minimum unit pricing. However, the suggestion from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) that this progress should now justify a cut in alcohol excise duty is deeply misguided. Alcohol continues to cause enormous harm in Irish society, with thousands of lives lost or devastated every year through liver and heart disease, dementia, breast cancer, domestic abuse and more. Each year, alcohol costs the Irish State billions in healthcare, policing and lost productivity. Alcohol taxation remains one of the few public tools that reduces consumption while raising vital revenue to offset just a small fraction of the costs alcohol imposes on society.$

If anything, our alcohol excise rates urgently need revision as despite rising costs and inflation, they have remained essentially unchanged since 2014.
Most Irish citizens do not know or understand the risks of alcohol consumption. The dangers of alcohol, particularly its links to cancer, cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline, remain hugely under-recognised.
The unambiguous position of the World Health Organisation needs to be better known: no level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health. – Yours, etc,
DR RALPH HURLEY O’DWYER,
Specialist Registrar
in Public Health Medicine,
Dublin.

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 16/05/2025

Voices of Recovery's Community Concert Dublin (Sat, May 24) will feature an array of talent aiming to raise awareness of the issues faced by those in recovery from alcohol harm through the power of music, poetry & storytelling. We hope to see you there! alcoholireland.ie/press-releas...

image for voices of recovery's community concert dublin, saturday may 24

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 29/04/2025

In today's @irishtimes.com Prof Frank Murray outlines how Irish people have a right to know the inherent health risks of alcohol consumption while Government has a responsibility to inform them. Health info labels on alcohol products give consumers the power to make informed decisions.

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Alcohol Action Ireland @alcoholireland.ie · 25/04/2025

In today's @irishtimes.com 76 advocates call on govt to stay the course & introduce health info labels on alcohol products as planned. Micheál Martin & Simon Harris have faced down ferocious industry lobbying in the past & must do so again now. For full list see: alcoholireland.ie/take-action/...

Logos of some of the advocates who have signed the open letter

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