Irish statistics on binge drinking worrying.
The research finding that drinking during pregnancy is highly prevalent and socially pervasive in the Republic and other western countries is a significant public health concern. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Ireland was found to vary between 20 per cent and 80 per cent, and between 40 per cent and 80 per cent in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Of particular alarm was the finding, in one of three studies reviewed in the BMJ Open journal, that more than 45 per cent of Irish women binge drink in the first three months of pregnancy. The first trimester of pregnancy is a crucially formative time for the foetus; drinking large amounts of what is essentially a legal drug represents highly risky behaviour. However even regular moderate drinking during pregnancy is a risk.
Source: The Irish Times, 08/07/15
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