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Drinks Industry continues to comply with regulations on alcohol marketing and sponsorship – ABFI
08/07/2010 - 8th July 2010 - The Director of the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland (ABFI)*, Rosemary Garth, has welcomed the publication of the 2009 report of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring ...

Drinks Industry welcomes official recognition of industry’s contribution to sports sponsorship - ABFI
01/07/2010 - 1st July 2010 -The Director of the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland (ABFI)*, Rosemary Garth, has welcomed the recognition of the role the Drinks Industry plays in supporting thousands of ...

ABFI challenges Dr Joe Barry on alcohol misuse
01/06/2010 - Following comments made by Dr Joe Barry on RTE Radio 1's This Week programme in April , ABFI Director Rosemary Garth went head-to-head with him on Sunday May 30. To hear the record put straight, ...

Drinks Industry ready to renew Codes of Practice on alcohol marketing, communications, and sponsorship
27/04/2010 - · Irish alcohol communications regulations among the most stringent in the world · ABFI Director expresses concern at direction of National Substance Misuse Strategy Group Tuesday 27th April 2010 - ...

ABFI challenges Sarah Burke on facts about alcohol
04/03/2010 - Thursday March 4th 2010- Following comments made by public health commentator Sarah Burke on RTE's Drivetime during February, ABFI Director Rosemary Garth went head-to-head with her on Thursday ...

Drinks Industry warmly welcomes Government decision to reduce excise by 20 percent
10/12/2009 - Wednesday 9th December 2009 – The Chairman of the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI)*, Kieran Tobin, has warmly welcomed today’s Government decision to reduce excise rates by 20% as outlined ...

Govt losing revenue as excise receipts fall an extraordinary 26.7percent in the year to date
07/12/2009 - Cross-border shopping is devastating the domestic spirits market Irish Spirits Association calls on Govt to reduce excise by 20% 06 December 2009 – The Chair of the Irish Spirits Association*, Jim ...

New data shows Southern consumers buy two-and-a-half times more beer when shopping in the North – IBA
04/12/2009 - Irish Brewers Association calls on Government to reduce excise by 20% to protect indigenous manufacturing and export sector 04 December 2009 - The Chairman of the Irish Brewers Association (IBA), ...

High alcohol taxes penalise home-grown cider industry
30/11/2009 - · Cider sales down 5.5% in the year to date · Supporting cider industry will encourage balanced regional development vital · Govt must reduce excise to promote domestic sales and exports 30 ...

As wine sales fall 10.9 percent , Irish Wine Association calls on Government to cut excise by 20 percent
23/11/2009 - · Wine sales down 10.9% in year to date · 25% job losses across the wine industry · 50 cent excise increase a major contributory factor in declining sales 23 November 2009 - The Chairperson of the ...

ABFI Director seeks excise reduction following major increase in cross-border trade
28/10/2009 - The Director of ABFI, Rosmeary Garth was interviewed on RTE Radio’s News at One yesterday (27 October 2009) and called for the Government to review and reduce excise rates following a major ...

North’s off-license sales up 30 percent as South’s decline 7 percent - new figures show extent of cross-border alcohol sales
27/10/2009 - 250,000 southern households now shopping in the North 10% of South’s off-trade expected to go North by end of 2009 Govt must review State’s high excise levels Tuesday 27 October 2009 - The ...

Spirits market declines dramatically as excise receipts fall 22 per cent
16/10/2009 - Government must review Ireland’s high excise regime 16 October 2009 - The Irish Spirits Association* has said that the spirits market in Ireland is suffering a severe downturn, following ...

Irish drink advert codes among the strictest in the world.
08/09/2009 - The following is the text of a letter published in The Examiner, Tuesday 8th September 2009

Sir, Dr Bobby Smyth, (Letters, 31 August) accuses the drinks industry of “bombarding” children ...

Govt must legislate for unit information and pregnancy advice labels on alcohol products - ABFI
07/09/2009 - Sunday 6th September 2009 - The Director of the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland (ABFI), Rosemary Garth, has called on Government to bring forward legislation for the provision of unit ...