Kildare Council Chamber hosted the 2019 Liam O’Connell Memorial debate Chaired by District Court Judge Desmond Zaiden on Monday 2nd December. Twenty-one students from seven local schools argued the proposition that: ‘The legal age for purchase of Alcohol is perversely supporting the unhealthy drinking culture in our Country’. This parliamentary styled debate was established in…
The HSE are asking that awkward question, which lets be honest needs to be asked. Do you have a love/hate relationship with alcohol… or is it complicated? – HSE is encouraging people to look at their relationship with alcohol ahead of the EU Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm – – Over 14,300* people have…
NASA – No Alcohol or Substances Allowed The No Alcohol or Substances Allowed (NASA) is a new initiative supported by Kildare Joint Policing committee in conjunction with the Safer Communities Alcohol group of the South Western Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force (SWRDATF). The initiative aims to ensure that young people travelling to under…
No amount of alcohol at any stage of pregnancy is safe for your baby, Ireland is estimated to have the third-highest rate of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and it is estimated that about 600 babies are born with foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) every year. To mark the 20th anniversary of international FASD Awareness day…
