Alcohol linked to 1,000 new cancer diagnoses in Ireland 

Up to 4% of newly diagnosed cancer cases in 2020 may have been associated with drinking alcohol, a global study suggests.

Alcohol is estimated to have caused more than 1,000 new cancer cases in Ireland last year, or around 4% of all cases, according to a new study.

The research, published in The Lancet medical journal, estimates some 670 men and 380 women were diagnosed with cancers linked to alcohol consumption last year, 4.6% of all cases in men and 3% in women.