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Poll: Do you drink too many sugary drinks?
Drinking large amounts can increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Settle this once and for all. What's the absolute best gin mixer?
I recently discovered gin and ginger and will never look back.
'We've seen at least four craft breweries close down this year': Fighting back against Big Beer
It can be challenging out there for craft breweries – we spoke to two about how they make it work.
What Bulmers is doing to reverse its slipping Irish cider sales
The drink is selling well in off-licences – but pubs are a challenge.
People are going mad for this blue prosecco, but all we're seeing is WKD
That’d go down well in a chilly field, wouldn’t it?
Poll: Do you drink sugar-free drinks?
New research has found that sugar-free and diet drinks may not actually help you lose weight.
Buckfast have created the 'Buckfast bellini', just in time for Christmas
Nana, may I interest you in Prosecco with a dash of Bucky on this fine Christmas morn?
Cafés are serving drinks in lightbulbs now, and the world has officially gone mad
Nope. This, THIS is the tipping point.
Women have caught up with men's drinking habits
That’s according to new research undertaken in western countries.
Here's why red lemonade is the Irish fizzy drink worth travelling for
Back off, it’s ours.
Varadkar says state will fight legal challenges to sugar tax
Minister Varadkar has been calling for a sugar tax for some time now, but other powers that be appear to be stalling on the tax.
Ireland may wait for the UK's fizzy drinks tax before bringing in its own
We may not have to pay until 2018.
Somebody scrawled the most Irish insult onto the wall of this Dublin pub's jacks
They don’t like the new direction it’s going.
Britain is bringing in a sugar tax on fizzy drinks
There has been a push in Ireland in recent years to get such a tax introduced.
A group of Cork students have designed an app that tells if a drink has been spiked
Their app – which is at an advanced stage of design – could be used to test drinks at any pub, club or party.
8 delicious non-alcoholic pub drinks to get anyone through Dry January
“What can I order at the bar?” One of these!
Here's what your New Year's Eve tipple says about you
Lest we judge ye.
Sorry Leo, fizzy drinks won't be taxed
The Health Minister had asked for a 20% tax on the drinks to help tackle obesity.
7 places in Dublin to get a damned good Bloody Mary
For when your hangover needs that something extra.
Ireland on course to be the fattest country in Europe by 2030
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) is calling for tougher control on tobacco, obesity and alcohol.
Starbucks is transforming coffee shops into bars but would you go to one for a beverage?
No plans have yet been announced for Irish chains.
San Francisco is being sued over its sugary drinks warning labels
It has also banned advertising sugary drinks on city property, like billboards.
This Irish cook has been mixing it up 'like a pro' as part of the Jamie Oliver empire
Cold brew coffee made with kitchen paper, anyone? How about a knockout G&T?
8 cocktails everyone in Galway needs to try once
If you haven’t been drinking these, what HAVE you been doing?
The EU wants you to know there's the same calories in a glass of wine as a slice of cake
Some companies have said they will voluntarily list the calorie count on their beers.
Poll: Would calorie counts on alcohol packaging affect what you drink?
The European Commission is drawing up legislation.
11 brunches you need to try in Dublin this weekend
Bloody Marys for the table, please.
Watch Irish people taste weird American fizzy drinks
And this isn’t Coke we’re talking here.
Good news for coffee drinkers. A few cups a day reduces your risk of diabetes
Drinking three to four cups of coffee per day apparently isn’t all that bad.
Simon Coveney is jetting off to the US to talk about beef
The minister has 16 meetings planned over the next four days with multinationals, potential investors and politicians.
According to science, here is the optimum way to enjoy wine
In a red room with sweet music. ;)
In Ireland, good weather equals big profits for Bulmers
Net revenues for drinks giant C&C from Ireland climbed to €237.3 million last year.
Beer Club: How craft beer is becoming the new wine
We headed along to the first night of Tom’s Beer Club in Bray to learn all there is know about craft beer.
This is the 'new coffee' that Ireland is becoming obsessed with
Matcha green tea has seen a surge in popularity this year.