In episode one of UNDER THE INFLUENCE Des looks at Irish identity and how it is linked to alcohol. Contributors include comedians David McSavage and C...
Des explores the areas of alcohol marketing, sponsorship and regulation. He teases out the tricks of the marketing trade and looks at the attempts at ...
Episode three sees Des returning to New York. With his mother Eileen and aunt Mary he explores his family’s experience with alcholism (‘it doesn’t run...
Episode 4 is about alternatives. Des looks at socialising without alcohol, not just youth cafés and alcohol free discos but also the ups and downs of ...