Is it time to ban the sale of alcohol in Ireland?

[Happyhonkaman]

Despite that being the general perception, it isn't actually the case.

Rates of abstaining from alcohol in Ireland are relatively consistent across numerous studies conducted during different years. WHO Global Health Observatory data shows that the proportion of adults (aged 15+) who have not consumed any alcohol during the past 12 months, assessed a given point in time, was 18.7% in Ireland in 2016 (10.5% male, 26.9% female). The percentage of lifetime abstainers in Ireland in 2016 was 7.4% (3.5% male, 11.2% female). While there were 11.4% former drinkers in 2016 (7% male, 15.7% female).

Data from the Drinkaware Index (2019) found that 23% of adults (18+) never consume alcohol. While high levels of binge drinking among under-25s were reported, 23% of this age group also reported that they do not consume alcohol at all. This corroborates the 25% who reported not consuming alcohol in the 12 months prior to the Healthy Ireland Survey 2018.

Data on abstention in the WHO European region identified 59.9% current drinkers, 6.6% former drinkers and 23.5% lifetime abstainers in 2016.

https://www.drinkaware.ie/research/alcohol-consumption-in-ireland/?a=alcohol-abstinence-in-ireland

Interesting stuff, thanks!

 

[noah]

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/foodanddr...gin-about-to-skyrocket/ar-BB1g3s2x?li=BBr5KbJ

Prices of alcohol to be increased in the next few weeks.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/foodanddr...gin-about-to-skyrocket/ar-BB1g3s2x?li=BBr5KbJ

Prices of alcohol to be increased in the next few weeks.

That article is so misleading. They talk about a 50% increase in the price of a bottle of gin, but they're basing that off Tesco's own brand shite. It'll have no impact on the gins that people actually buy.

A minimum of €1.32 for a 440ml can of beer. Sure a 500ml can is already €2 in most places.

 

[HarleyBenton]

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/foodanddr...gin-about-to-skyrocket/ar-BB1g3s2x?li=BBr5KbJ

Prices of alcohol to be increased in the next few weeks.

It's a fucking piss take the way things are since the "beer deals" have been stopped. A slab of 24 500ml cans of piss (Heineken, Carlsberg, Budweiser, Guinness) is still around €20 to €30, or a slab of 20 bottles of piss can be got for €15. This is the shit that ends up on our beaches, parks, streets, the bottles being a serious problem with broken glass.

I thought the whole idea was to slowdown underage drinkers, binge drinkers and street drinkers.

The result of the banning of drink deals has just made expensive beer more expensive and cheap beers are still cheap. You can't get 4 nice beers for €10 anymore, as these bottle are now €3 each and more.

 

[Steamed Hams]

Hipsters = pwned.

 

[Rebel CNC]

Hipsters = pwned.

Heh x 3

Bad enough drinking some gnat's piss brewed in some back unit of an industrial estate in Arklow , Little Island or wherever but to have to pay through the nose for it!!

 

[Drucker]

Duty free is available again on trips to GB.

Heh heh heh....