Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Irish spend a staggering €50 million a week on alcohol

The population of Ireland is 4.59 million. 2.48 million drink alcohol. 1.34 million or 54 per cent drink harmfully and 177,000 are dependent drinkers.

It is estimated that €50 million is spent on alcohol every week in Ireland, though this figure is probably lower than the actual amount.

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