Niamh Fitzgerald

Ukraine is not to blame for this war brought about by Russia’s illegal invasion. We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦 🇮🇪

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President @ZelenskyyUa. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

The Report of the Independent Review of the Liquor Licensing System in Northern Ireland including the Surrender Principle has been published communities-ni.gov.uk/publications/r…

@OxAndFinch any timeline on reopening? Hoping to bring a group on 5th April?

Spot some familiar faces in action @BurnbraeBull

The @ArnoldClark Try of the Month competition is back for the 2024/25 season. Check out the four entries for September from the Men's leagues in the thread below. First up, a first entry for Lewis Howick of @BurnbraeBull.

@InstAlcStud pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38843736/

@InstAlcStud On this topic, and considering other 'Sweetspot' policies that could improve public health without harming pubs - see our paper: Reducing alcohol harms whilst minimising impact on hospitality businesses: 'Sweetspot' policy options - PubMed (nih.gov)

If @TheSun newspaper wants to help pubs, it shouldn't be calling for duty to be cut across the board. Cutting duty helps supermarkets maintain much lower prices than pubs, driving people to drinking at home. That's why the only period when the gap in... thesun.co.uk/money/29605583…

"Nobody seriously argues the tobacco industry should be involved in developing policies to reduce smoking, & it’s no more credible to suggest alcohol producers would contribute positively to policies to reduce the [negative] impacts of their products." theguardian.com/society/articl…

New paper in @HPP_LSHTM, for those doing research/ teaching in health policy analysis, see our great new paper on the impact of crises on policy formulation (Covid-19 + alcohol regulation) academic.oup.com/heapol/advance… @Lucy_Gilson @eleanorwhyle @globalstopp @helenwalls @jshiffma

A beautiful tribute to Kyp at #kbs2024 this morning - he was loved by so many people who come to KBS

And if anyone is coming to the KBS conference in Freemantle in a couple of weeks, I'll be some presenting some exciting new analysis on a similar theme looking at how these reforms may have affected the spending of different population groups.

Open Access - Pharmacological treatments for alcohol dependence: Evidence on uptake, inequalities and comparative effectiveness from a UK population-based cohort onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

A fantastic programme of activities coming up in June in our @UofGSHW @UofGByresHub It's a welcoming and accessible space for all to visit. There's a @ChangingPlaceUK loo too! Come and find out more about the health research happening here @UofGlasgow

Today @ScotFamADrugs we have been growing some extra brain cells, hanging out with Prof Carol Emslie @GCUReach & colleagues @CaledonianNews at their #PowerOfPartnerships event. Thanks also @mariebethk @SDFnews for great #ClickNDeliver product placement behind us! #HowToSaveALife

🚨 NEW JOB POSTING 📢 We are looking to recruit a new Hastings Fellow to join @ismh_uos at @StirUni to work on alcohol, vaping, and other commercial determinants of health. 🌐 Advert: stir.ac.uk/9vs 📅 Deadline: 3rd June 2024. 👇 Key details RTs appreciated! 1/6

This is why I'm *really* worried about the record high alcohol-specific deaths figures that ONS published yesterday. We modelled the impact of increases in drinking during the pandemic on health, and what's happened is much worse than our worst case scenario (those dots😬).

@wtb_Michael Malahide, Dublin county Manhattan (4 months counts surely?) Trinity college, Dublin city centre Athlone Malahide Aberdeen Glasgow

Maryborough Burnie Nowra Nambour Canberra Brisbane Townsville Caloundra Brisbane (again) Melbourne (Not counting 3 month arrangements in Ithaca and Stockholm)

Last call for this seminar on all things alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks which is ***Wednesday this week (24th)*** There will be colourful diagrams, graphs and an ostrich.