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Junk Food Marketing Impacting Kids’ Food Choices

Children are being bombarded with junk food marketing - its time to make it stop

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Policy News   |   17th Nov 2022

Oireachtas urged to increase legal age for tobacco to 21

Oireachtas urged to decrease legal age to purchase tobacco to 21

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Policy News   |   14th Nov 2022

Almost 500 million will develop serious disease due to physical inactivity

New WHO report warns of massive human and financial cost of inactivity

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Policy News   |   20th Oct 2022

Budget decision to scrap VAT on defibrillators welcomed

Budget decision to scrap VAT on defibrillators a victory for common sense

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Policy News   |   27th Sep 2022

Ireland failed to meet health-based air quality guidelines in 2021

Latest report from the Environmental Protection Agency shows Ireland did not meet health-based World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines in 2021

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Policy News   |   26th Sep 2022

RCPI calls for legal age for tobacco sales to be increased to 21

New RCPI report calls for legal age to buy tobacco products to be increased to 21

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Policy News   |   12th Sep 2022

Inequalities in physical activity levels for children with disabilities, report finds.

Report shows that less than 20 percent of children and teenagers with disabilities are getting enough physical activity.

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Policy News   |   31st Aug 2022

Scrap VAT on AEDs and publish stroke strategy

The Irish Heart Foundation's pre-Budget submission 2023

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Policy News   |   23rd Aug 2022

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