Alcohol Action Ireland. (2016) Alcohol Action Ireland pre-budget submission. Dublin: Alcohol Action Ireland.
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In Ireland, our harmful drinking has a huge impact on our nation’s physical and mental health, with three alcohol-related deaths every day.
Harmful alcohol consumption and binge drinking, in particular, carry ‘devastating personal and social consequences, they increase health spending and reduce our standard of living’.
There is no doubt that ‘the societal costs of existing levels of alcohol consumption in Ireland far outweigh the employment, trade and tax benefits’.
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