Irish love affair with drink raises cancer risk

The average Irish person drinks 700 times more alcohol than internationally recommended cancer-preventing maximums allow for.

Figures revealed at a major health conference show a love affair with alcohol is putting people at serious risk of needlessly losing their lives.

The research, detailed on the first day of the European Week Against Cancer conference in Dublin, said Irish people, on average, drink 37g of alcohol a day — the equivalent of two pints.