Students urged to ‘pace’ their drinking

Residents tackling alcohol-fuelled anti-social student behaviour around Cork’s university precincts have given a cautious welcome to a new alcohol awareness campaign aimed at students.

Anything that can help to change students’ drinking habits is welcome, the Cork University District Residents Forum said.

“But we are not certain that this initiative is going to do anything other than show that the drinks industry is aware of the problem,” spokesman Barry Keane said.