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National Cancer Registry Ireland. (2014) Cancer projections for Ireland 2015 - 2040. Cork: NCRI.

UCL Institute of Health Equity. (2013) Review of social determinants and the health divide in the WHO European Region. Final report. Copenhagan: WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Clarke, Nicholas and Sharp, Linda and O'Leary, Eamonn and Richardson, Noel (2013) Report on the excess burden of cancer among men in the Republic of Ireland. Dublin: Irish Cancer Society.

Copps, John and Plimmer, Dawn (2013) Outcomes map: personal and social well-being. London: New Philanthropy Capital.

Ireland. Department of Health. (2012) Department of Health statement of strategy 2011-2014. Dublin: Department of Health.

Ireland. Department of Health. (2012) Future health. A strategic framework for reform of the health service 2012 – 2015. Dublin: Department of Health.

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European Alcohol Policy Alliance. (2011) What's not on the bottle? Brief overview of state of play in alcohol labelling. Brussels: Eurocare.

Morgan, Karen and McGee, Hannah and Dicker, P and Brugha, Ruairi and Ward, Mark and Shelley, Emer and Van Lente, Eric and Harrington, Janas and Barry, Joseph and Perry, Ivan J and Watson, Dorothy (2009) SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. Alcohol use in Ireland: A profile of drinking patterns and alcohol-related harm from SLAN 2007. Dublin: Stationery Office.

Department of Health and Children. Ward, Mark and McGee, Hannah and Morgan, Karen and Van Lente, Eric and Layte, Richard and Barry, Margaret and Watson, Dorothy and Shelley, Emer and Perry, Ivan J (2009) SLÁN 2007: Survey of lifestyle, attitudes and nutrition in Ireland. 'One island – one lifestyle?' Health and lifestyles in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland: Comparing the population surveys SLÁN 2007 and NIHSWS 2005. Dublin: Stationery Office.

Department of Health and Children. Molcho, Michal and Barry, Margaret and Van Lente, Eric and McGee, Hannah and Morgan, Karen and Conroy, Ronán Michael and Watson, Dorothy and Perry, Ivan J and Harrington, Janas (2009) SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. Injuries in Ireland: Findings from national population surveys. Dublin: Stationery Office.

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Economic and Social Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, University College Cork. Morgan, Karen and McGee, Hannah and Watson, Dorothy and Perry, IJ and Barry, Margaret and Shelley, Emer and Harrington, Janas and Molcho, Michal and Layte, Richard and Tully, Nuala and Van Lente, Eric and Ward, Mark and Lutomski, Jennifer and Conroy, Ronán Michael and Brugha, Ruairi (2008) SLAN 2007: Survey of lifestyle, attitudes and nutrition in Ireland. Main report. Dublin: Department of Health and Children.

Barnardos. Butler, Shane (2008) Families under the influence. Dublin: The National Children’s Resource Centre, Barnardos.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2008) EMCDDA 2008 selected issue - Drugs and vulnerable groups of young people. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

Madden, David (2007) Health interventions and risky behaviour. Dublin: University College Dublin.

NUI Galway. Centre for Health Promotion Studies. Kelleher, Cecily and Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse and Friel, Sharon and Corrigan, Helen and Nolan, Gerladine and Sixsmith, Jane and Walshe, Orla and Cooke, Mary (2003) The national health and lifestyle surveys: Survey of Lifestyle, Attitude and Nutrition (SLAN) & the Irish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Survey (HBSC). Galway, Dublin, Dublin: National University of Ireland, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, Health Promotion Unit, Department of Health and Children, University College Dublin. Department of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology.

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FactSheet

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. (2023) Alcohol and cancer in the European Union: a call to action. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.

Dail Debates

[Oireachtas] Joint Committee on Health debate. Issues and challenges relating to cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society. (23 Oct 2024)

[Oireachtas] Joint Committee on Health debate. Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion. (10 Apr 2024)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Question 1363 – Health promotion [cancer & alcohol] [47294/23]. (07 Nov 2023)

Dáil Éireann debate. Health service funding: Motion [Private members]. (24 Oct 2023)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Investment in Healthcare: Statements [45267/23]. (19 Oct 2023)

[Oireachtas] Committee on Budgetary Oversight debate. Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed). (19 Apr 2023)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Public dental services: motion [Private members]. (19 Jan 2023)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Written answer 335 - Covid-19 pandemic [46554/22]. (22 Sep 2022)

[Oireachtas] Dáil Éireann debate. Written answer 297, 298, 299 – Departmental funding [36512/22, 36513/22, 36514/22]. (06 Jul 2022)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 456 - Health promotion [25584/17 & 25292/17]. (30 May 2017)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 327 - Departmental surveys [14831/17] [Alcohol]. (28 Mar 2017)

[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Priority question 73 - National Drugs Strategy [7944/07]. (28 Feb 2007)

Book

Rintoul, Chris and McMacken, Grainne and Devine, Sinead and Patterson, Stephen (2012) Nutrition for substance users – a step by step workbook for people using alcohol and other drugs. Belfast: Council for the Homeless Northern Ireland .

Thesis

Herity, Ailbhe (2025) Premature ageing in long-term homeless adults (PATH). Masters thesis, Trinity College Dublin.

O'Keeffe, Linda M (2014) Monitoring behaviours and experiences before, during and after pregnancy in Ireland. PhD thesis, University College Cork.

Dataset

Central Statistics Office. (2025) Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) — National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland.

NHS England. (2024) Statistics on public health [England].

News

[Department of Health] Ministers Donnelly and Feighan launch €13m Healthy Communities Programme. (20 Oct 2021)

[Alcohol Action Ireland] Spirits industry afraid of their own ingredients? (06 Jun 2019)

[Alcohol Action Ireland] Will consumers be left wondering forever? (08 Nov 2018)

[Alcohol Action Ireland] We deserve better – reaction to alcohol industry self-regulatory proposal for labelling. (13 Mar 2018)

[Department of Health] Minister Catherine Byrne launches third annual Healthy Ireland Survey. (24 Oct 2017)

[Department of Health] Minister Corcoran Kennedy highlights the importance of price measures in changing behaviour in relation to cigarettes, alcohol and unhealthy diets. (17 Jan 2017)

[ESRI] Growing Up in Ireland. The life of a 17/18-year-old in 2016. (03 Nov 2016)

[Department of Health] Minister Marcella Corcoran Kennedy launches the second Healthy Ireland Survey of the nation’s health. (19 Oct 2016)

[Irish Examiner] Mouth cancer is becoming increasingly more common. (10 Nov 2015)

[World Health Organization] Tobacco use declining but major intensification needed in reduction and control efforts. (18 Mar 2015)

[Health Service Executive] Find the #littlethings that protect your mental health. (20 Oct 2014)

[Citywide] Citywide letter to Minister Shothall - reverse the cuts! (08 Feb 2012)