Major booze-ups” in private houses are a new social phenomenon that are draining Gardai resources and causing depression and anti-social behaviour, according to a Roscommon County Councillor.
While welcoming the findings of a survey which suggests County Roscommon has one of the lowest levels of alcohol consumption in the country, Fianna Fail Councillor Paddy Kilduff said that excessive drinking by some people represents the biggest problem facing local Gardai.
Cllr. Kilduff made his comments in the week in which an Aviva Health Insurance survey determined that people in County Roscommon are spending on average €1,600 per year on alcohol.
Source: Paul Healy, Roscommon People, 29/04/2011