Article by C Dillon on 'Self-harm, alcohol consumption and public holidays' on pg. 2

While rare as a sole method of self-harm, alcohol is often involved in self-harm presentations to Irish hospital emergency departments (EDs), as recorded by the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland. In 2015, a total of 11,189 self-harm presentations were recorded. Overall, alcohol was present in over one-third of these (31%), and more so for men than women (34% vs. 29%)...........