One fifth of emergency admissions to Hospitals is due to Alcohol
With the two local Hospitals in the region among those facing overcrowding issues over a period of time there will be interest in new findings published this morning in relation to the pressure alcohol is placing on Hospitals and its staff. New data published today shows one in five…
Minister confident minimum unit pricing will be effective here
A Minister of State and Sligo Leitrim TD is confident minimum unit pricing on alcohol will be effective here. This is despite a recent study, carried out by researchers from two universities in England which found that the policy failed to curb problem drinking in Scotland. The study…
Health led response to tackle children’s Alcohol & Drugs related illnesses
A Sligo Leitrim TD says greater education led approach is the best option to combat the recent rise in the number of young people that are suffering with Drugs and Alcohol related illnesses each year. Over 900 children were treated in hospital for such conditions in 2020 Minster…
Donegal gardai arrest motorists for driving under influence of drugs, alcohol
With the holiday season at its height, Gardai are warning motorists throughout the region about driving under the influecne of alcohol or drugs. In Donegal, gardai continue to detect such motorists, with three having been arrested for these type of offences this week within the Letterkenny area by the Roads…
Ban Alcohol sales in off-licences & supermarkets
A local Publicans says the decision to move to level three in the Covid-19 restrictions is effectively a closure order for many pubs. The Vintners Federation says 50,000 jobs will be lost as indoor sittings will be banned for the next three weeks. Manorhamilton Publican and Leitrim…
As trolley figures soar, report shows a third of weekend cases are drink-related
Sligo University Hospital has the 4th highest numbers on trolleys in the country today. There are 32 patients waiting on wards and corridors at the Emergency Department in Sligo Today according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation. That’s the same number as Galway with Cork and Limerick University Hospitals…
Level of home drinking ‘normalising’ the misuse of alcohol
The coordinator of a north west group that deals with illicit drug use and underage drinking says the amount of home drinking now taking place is normalising the misuse of alcohol Sean O’Connor, of the Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force, was speaking to Ocean FM News in the aftermath…