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Community Rep Selection – South Centre of Cork City
Are you interested in representing your community on Cork Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force? If yes, you or a representative of your community group are invited to a meeting on a community rep for the South Centre of...
read moreCommunity Rep Selection – Cork North West
Would your community group / agency like to participate in a democratic process to select a representative for Cork North West on the Cork Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force?’ A community meeting in Knocknaheeny Youth Centre will be taking place...
read more‘Controlled Drinking’ Has No Protective Effects
Article from The Irish Times, Thursday January 25th 2018. Ciaran Darcy No evidence children given alcohol by parents drink less harmfully ‘Lancet’ study in Australia finds ‘controlled drinking’ has no protective effects Children who are provided with alcohol by...
read moreLee Fields 4 Mile Road Race
In conjunction with Hello Sunday Morning, the HSE, Cork Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force, and Southern Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force, we invite you to attend this chip timed 4 mile event. ‘Hello Sunday Morning’ encourages individuals...
read moreCommunity Representation for North West of Cork City
An open community meeting will be held in Knocknaheeny Youth Centre on 31st January from 7-9pm. The meeting is hosted by Cork Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force. The open community meeting aims to promote the opportunity for interested individuals to...
read moreAlcohol & Cancer Info Event
Some photos from the Alcohol and Cancer events which were held in community settings in Knocknaheeny and Gurranabraher on the 23rd November last. These information sessions were open to the public to raise awareness of the link between alcohol...
read moreAlcohol & Cancer Information Sessions
As part of the European Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harms members from the Cork & Kerry Alcohol Strategy Group have organised information sessions to raise awareness of the link between Alcohol and Cancer on Thursday 23rd of November (please...
read moreCork Drug & Alcohol Awareness Month 2017
The CORK DRUG & ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH will be taking place this November. The aim of Cork Drug & Alcohol Awareness Month is to raise awareness and signpost information so that communities, families and professionals know where to go...
read moreGo Sober For November
Community Action on Alcohol Northside (CAAN) in parntership with St Vincents GAA Club and HAZ are raising funds in aid of ARC House & Irish Cancer Society under the iniatiave ‘Go Sober For November’. The launch of ‘Go Sober...
read moreOpen Meeting – Public Health Alcohol Bill
On Sunday 10th September Senator Frances Black hosted an open meeting in Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. The purpose of the meeting was to highlight the importance of the Public Health Alcohol Bill. The Bill, introduced by then Minister for...
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