1、Whats the real picture?Youth drinking in Ireland:September 2025Alcohol Action Ireland(AAI)is the national independent advocate for reducingalcohol harm.We campaign for the burden of alcohol harm to be lifted from theindividual,community and State,and have a strong track record in effectiveadvocacy,c
2、ampaigning and policy research.Our work involves providing information on alcohol-related issues,creatingawareness of alcohol-related harm and offering policy solutions with thepotential to reduce that harm,with a particular emphasis on the implementationof the Public Health(Alcohol)Act 2018.Our ove
3、rarching goal is to achieve areduction in consumption of alcohol and the consequent health and social harmswhich alcohol causes in society.Alcohol Action Ireland is a registered Irish charityRegistered charity number:20052713Company number:378738CHY:15342About usAlcohol Action Ireland directors:Pat
4、Cahill,former President ASTI(Company Secretary)Aidan Connaughton,Chartered accountant,former partner and head of risk,Grant ThorntonPaddy Creedon,Recovery AdvocateDr Eoin Fogarty,Consultant in Emergency and Retrieval MedicineMichael Foy,Head of Finance,Commission for Communications RegulationProf Jo
5、-Hanna Ivers,Associate Professor,Addiction:Public Health&PrimaryCare,Trinity College DublinProf Frank Murray(Chair)Consultant in Hepatology&Gastroenterology.M.B.,B.Ch.B.A.O.,M.D.,F.R.C.P.I.,F.R.C.P.(Ed)Dr Mary T.OMahony,Consultant in Public Health Medicine&Medical Officerof Health,Department of Publ
6、ic Health,Public Health Area D(Cork&Kerry)Dr Catriona OToole,Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer Psychology ofEducation,Maynooth UniversityDr Bobby Smyth(Vice Chair),Consultant Child&Adolescent PsychiatristKathryn Walsh,Director of Policy and Advocacy at the National Youth Councilof IrelandPatron:Pr