Half of all people who drink alcohol in Ireland do so at levels that are damaging their health, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
Every member of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children who spoke on the issue yesterday said the price of drink must be increased significantly if the “escalating crisis” of alcohol abuse was to be tackled.
The committee was told that alcohol was so cheap that a woman could drink her safe weekly limit for €7 and a man could for less than €10.
Source: Kitty Holland, Irish Times, 11/11/2011
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