Statement in support of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill

 October 5^th, 2017

The 24 Local and Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces have, for the past number of years, made continuous efforts to support local communities as they deal with the harm caused by excessive and harmful drinking.  Alcohol misuse manifests itself in a number of profoundly damaging ways which are more than evident in local communities.  This includes, local public disorder, damage and vandalism, domestic violence and family distress, loss and financial difficulty, accidents and fatalities, underage younger and younger drinking, illness (including advanced liver disease in younger people), and addiction.

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Assemble with the crowds at Meeting House Square where a dance performance featuring nine women and 18 buckets will blow you away. 

A kind of cooler, more modern and politically driven Stomp for the millennial generation, ABACUS uses the clashing of the buckets as percussion, and choreography reminiscent of the production line in a factory, to explore themes like mass production, and workers’ rights and 

This annual initiative is celebrated around the world in order to reclaim our public spaces. PARK(ing) Day has become a global phenomenon that started as a small action in San Francisco over 10 years ago. 

On Friday, 15th September, on-street car parking spaces of Dublin will become imaginative installations. Each space will be transformed into a unique work of art that will make its own statement in favour of a more