We drank (slightly) less alcohol last year, report finds

The latest figures from the Revenue Commissioners’ alcohol clearance data have shown a decrease in alcohol consumption in Ireland last year.

In his paper Estimate of Alcohol Consumption per Adult in 2015, DCU Economist Tony Foley uses the CSO Population and Migration Estimates and Revenue Commissioners’ alcohol clearances, and concludes that alcohol consumption was down 0.7% between 2014 and 2015.