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Dr. Philip Cohen
HEAD OF LIBRARY SERVICES

LENUS - the Irish Health Repository

Staff interested in health care management might want to take a look at Lenus - the new Irish Health Repository from the HSE. Created and managed by HSE Regional Library staff - Lenus makes available a wealth of material from former Irish Health Boards, the HSE, Dept. of Health and many other organisations in the field of Irish healthcare. It is also a platform for new original research carried out by HSE staff.
Lenus encompasses clinical research, policy evaluation, statistics and official publications and currently hosts over 4000 documents.

Check it out at www.lenus.ie

Alcohol Retailing - Ireland - March 2009

How far will Alcohol sales shift to the off trade and will packaging play a more important role?
Since Mintel last looked at Ireland’s alcohol retailing market in February 2008, the trend away from the on-trade towards drinking at home has intensified – driven by price increases in the on-trade and the lure of cheaper off-licence prices in the prevailing economic gloom of the credit crunch.
Read more in the March 2009 Mintel report.

Other new reports for 2009 include:-
Attitudes to Food and Drink - February 2009; Current Accounts - Ireland - February 2009; Airlines: Package v Online holidays - January 2009 and Clothing Retailing in Ireland, January 2009.

To access login to www.dit.ie/library. Select Databases from the left menu and Mintel from the alphabetical list of databases.

Extended coverage of Irish Law Reports
Good news to those who use Irish Law Reports. In the coming days our subscription to Justis will have an extended coverage of the Irish Law Reports (ILRs); they are now available from 1838 to present. The ILRs are available in full text and most of these are available as printable PDFs that replicate the pagination and appearance of the original hard copies. Going so far back adds substantial value to the reports, while the long-awaited inclusion of PDF images – exact copies of what you’d otherwise spend hours photocopying greatly enhance the quality of these reports. Each report includes catchwords and a headnote, which summarises the judgments.