Who's drinking my share of alcohol?

[sauntersplash]

These figures simply cannot be right....the average consumption by over 15 year olds cannot be at these levels. Are they counting what is consumed by tourists also?

Good point, Ireland is considered a "drinking holiday" by a large proportion of tourists. I'd say a lot of them consume more than their fair share on these shores.

[wherethelady]

those on welfare should be breathalised and drug tested every time they get their payments. partying away every nite of the week on our hard earned cash- disgraceful

[Eireannach]

When you see what Irish people drink while living abroad, compared to those natives of the host country (particularly where the host country is a fairly affluent one), it's a bit of an eye opener!

[uncle_monty]

Elephant in the room: the sacred Irish pub. This is simply the globally exported version of the British Army pub, officers in the lounge, ranks in the bar, stand up drinking and no food apart from crisps and peanuts. There's usually a yard outside for the fights as well. Focus on drinking, to the exclusion of everything else. Look in any garrison town and you'll find a disproportionate number of pubs. Why we turn this into a cultural fetish is beyond me.

The bloody publicans have a hammerlock on leisure in this country, and they're squeezing every last bit of profit out of it. The government are in it too: arm in arm. It's a money machine.

Hence the hilarious notion of the 'responsible publican' protecting the drunks from themselves. Never saw it myself, unless someone's drunken behaviour was looking like a threat to profits. Suppose there were never any drink driving deaths from people drinking in pubs?

Mockery.

[mr. jings]

Apology time: I may be skewing the statisitics by nodding off in front of countless just opened/barely touched single bottles of beer after yet another marathon putting kids to bed session...

[Feckkit]

How on earth can a bottle of vodka per week be within guidelines?

If it is, then the guidelines are rubbish.

Government advice here is based on recommendations from a committee of doctors in 1987, which set out weekly limits of 21 units for men, and 14 units for women.

Since then, one of the members of the Royal College of Physicians' original working party has admitted the figures were "plucked out of the air" in the absence of any clear evidence about how much alcohol constitutes a risk to health.

[Source: Telegraph, July 24th 2011]


telegraph . co. uk /health/ healthnews/8656565/Safe-drinking-limits-to-be-reviewed.html]Safe drinking limits to be reviewed

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Oh, the guidelines are rubbish anyway. I thought everybody knew that.

[myksav]

I'd say you're a riot!

I have my moments. Conversation is better sober and I don't need to be inebriated to have or make fun. I've no problems with others having a couple of drinks, just a couple though. Once they get pissed, they stop being enjoyable as their brains stop working.

[Super Snooper]

how the ************************ can they afford that much drink?????

[myksav]

Just realised I had 12 pints/cans of Guinness last week, and I work a Monday to Friday. 3 cans Thursday evening, 5 pints Friday night, 4 cans Saturday night.
Still it's all about moderation, the worst is drinking 10 pints on a night out like i used to do in my college days. 5 pints and done at 12:30 is a mad night now. Still that probably is excessive.
Might knock the few Thursday cans on the head.

Dear gods, deamons and little fish!! Guinness from a can!! What sort of barbarian are you??
If you can't get draught, get bottles.

[zippo222]

Dear gods, deamons and little fish!! Guinness from a can!! What sort of barbarian are you??
If you can't get draught, get bottles.

There's no such thing as bad porter. There's just some better than others.