Former All Blacks star Doug Howlett was arrested by Irish police on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly at his Christmas party night out with his Munster teammates.

Eden Park Trust is hoping the first large crowd at the stadium since the Four Nations rugby league debacle last month will be well-behaved.

A field hospital has been set up in the heart of London's financial district to treat blind-drunk corporate revellers.

The Herald on Sunday's Two Drinks Max campaign, championing a lowering of the drink-drive limits and moderation from drivers, doesn't have universal backing. Rachael Ford from the Candor Trust explains her organisation's views.

A boy, 14, had to be restrained with handcuffs after he was caught allegedly drink driving.

An injured man broke a police officer's nose as the officer tried to help restrain him in an ambulance.

A $5 million a year study has found that 40 per cent of the babies born in Auckland and the Waikato in the past year were "accidents".

Police and Eden Park officials have vowed to enforce liquor bans better following the "shambles" at the back-to-back rugby league tests.