This newsletter provides updates on recent alcohol research and policy relevant to Ireland and Northern Ireland. In the November edition there are a number of data publications specific to Ireland and Northern Ireland. 

These include the HRB ‘Regional alcohol-related harm - County level factsheet’, the 2022 Annual Report of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety and the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Young People’s Behaviour and Attitudes Survey 2022. This month’s issue includes a series of parliamentary questions and Seanad debates on alcohol and related issues in the Houses of the Oireachtas. 

Also featured are a number of upcoming consultations in Northern Ireland and the UK, including Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol, alcohol labelling, clinical guidelines for treatment and substance use strategy commissioning and implementation.