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Alcohol in pregnancy can effect brain development in the womb with possible knock-on effects on behaviour, learning, and social skills. Compelling emerging proof shows that no amount of alcohol is good for pregnant women and their babies, according to one of Mayo’s leading childbirth educators.

Information from an online survey being conducted locally will help develop a five year strategy to reduce alcohol related harm in the city.

There is no doubt about the role that the consumption of alcohol plays in the economy of this city. No city could earn the monicker of being a party city, a city that never sleeps, without acknowledging the role that drink plays in the creation of this perception. Just a cursory search of the world Galway in Twitter reveals the number of exchanges hourly that praise Galway for being a place where time gets lost, where today ends and tomorrow begins, inevitably lost in a haze of alcohol and music.

Fine Gael Mayo TD, John O’Mahony, has said that the report on alcohol and drug misuse published by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, “provides a blueprint on how we can tackle our national drink problem”.

62 years after it was established in Galway, Alcoholics Anonymous will hold the 37th Annual Galway West Area Convention in the Galway Bay Hotel, Galway from Friday January 6 to Sunday January 8.

A Ballina licensee who permitted the consumption of alcohol after closing hours was convicted and fined at Ballina District Court on Tuesday.

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, who launched Mayo’s first Drug and Alcohol Awareness Week, said that a “drink culture” Ireland was not the type of country anybody wanted.

The Western Region Drugs Task Force (WRDTF) has called for a total ban on the advertising of alcohol and the reduction, density and hours of operation for outlets selling alcohol.

A series of activities and information events examining our attitudes and behaviours in relation to alcohol and drug use will be launched on Monday, November 7 and will run until November 11.

ASC Galway is a new addiction support and counselling service for those who have, or think they might have, a problem with alcohol and/or drugs. In a time where more and more suffering alcoholics and addicts are seeking the help of overworked services which often have long waiting lists, ASC makes help available to those who wish to address their issues of substance abuse when they need and are ready for it.