BOY do we know how to party at Christmas — Irish people gobble some five million boxes of chocolates, glug 49m bottles of beer and 20m soft drinks and distribute an estimated 12m gifts over the festive season.

IT might sound just like common sense, but if you want people to change their ways and do something different the best way to go about it is to make it easy for them.

CONSUMERS could end up paying extra for batteries under plans to recycle more electrical and electronic devices.