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Irish teens consume significantly less alcohol than their European counterparts

Irish teenagers are drinking far less than the average European of the same age, a mew study by the OECD found.

The continent wide stats body found that the number of 15 year olds who have experienced drunkenness at least twice was 16% in Ireland compared to 24% across Europe.

The amount of adults drinking also declined with the OECD reporting the average consumption fell from 14 litres in 2000 to 11 litres in 2014.

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Source: thejournal.ie, 24/11/2016

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