Thursday, February 5, 2015

Alcohol and Ireland

Two-thirds of all Irish adults have a harmful drinking pattern.

We spend €6bn annually on buying alcohol. Ireland spends another €4bn cleaning up the mess afterwards, while the entire health budget is €13bn.

Two-thirds of our university students have harmful drinking patterns.

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