Tell Me About It: ‘My family tell me to go and make new friends, but it is not easy in my mid-30s’

Restrictions should apply to alcohol-free versions of drinks at sports events and near schools, Alcohol Action Ireland says

Two readers contact us over concerns about alcohol-free beer

Part 23: Prudence is the key to sobriety — it is important to remember the tough times

Despite my drinking habits moving into the moderate range, the issue of fatigue arose, days, weeks, months and years of feeling ‘a little bit tired’

Dr Muiris Houston: Implementing a labelling regime could help make people aware of the potential cancer risks of alcohol consumption

The debut novelist left her career in London behind to write fiction in west Cork, where she started to grapple with her demons

I would not have considered myself a big drinker and, like so many Irish people, I was lying to myself

Here, doctors share their advice on how to keep the vital organ healthy all year round

What the Science Says: Part 1. The reality – and myths – of hangover cures

Drink, drugs and mental health issues are factors in many applications under Domestic Violence Act

Part 22: Another trigger, and maybe even bigger than Christmas, is holidays

If you’re trying to avoid alcohol too, remember that this is all temporary. Granny’s glass of sherry at 10am - temporary. Uncle asleep in the boot room on St Stephen’s day - funny and temporary

More than 1,940 checkpoints carried out with 178 people arrested for driving under the influence

This makes 11 x 90ml serves

The General, who was in with a broken leg, seemed surprisingly compassionate

Former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy’s account of his failures (and failings) is candid, unforgiving, unfiltered and utterly brutal

The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle

Sobriety may be trendy right now, but for me it’s been a much deeper personal shift

Part 21: A lot more people know who is writing these articles, and I have mixed feelings about this