The Script frontman recalls ‘hammering’ whiskey on flight before becoming sober

Danny O’Donoghue revealed a Christmas alcohol binge led to him giving up drinking (Isabel Infantes/PA)

The Script frontman Danny O’Donoghue has said before he gave up alcohol, in a low moment, he “hammered” whiskeys on a short flight.

The Irish singer said he had intended to go “stone cold sober” for the whole of Christmas, after the death of his 46-year-old bandmate Mark Sheehan in 2023.