There were more than five times as many teenage admissions to one of the State’s main children’s hospitals due to alcohol use last year compared with 2015, new figures show.
Alcohol-related cases among children aged between 13 and 17 dropped to a four-year low at Temple Street Children’s Hospital in 2015, when just four such patients were admitted and later discharged. However, the number spiked significantly to 21 last year – the highest recorded since 2012.
Of these, 13 involved 15- year-olds, six were aged 14 and two were 13.
Overall, 64 children under 18 were treated for alcohol-related issues across Dublin’s three main children’s hospitals last year, up from 51 in 2015. This rise was almost wholly driven by the increasing number of cases at Temple Street.
Source: Ciarán D'Arcy, The Irish Times, 27/03/17
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