Young Irish biggest binge drinkers

YOUNG Irish men binge-drink six times more than most of their counterparts across Europe.

Alcohol consumption here is three times higher than in Finland and Sweden and twice the rate in Germany, France and Italy.

At the same time, the proportion of Irish people who had not consumed any alcohol during the past 12 months was 23%. This was three times higher than in the Nordic countries and twice higher than in the other countries surveyed.