Drinking and the pandemic

A marked increase in alcohol consumption is just one outcome of the pandemic. Joyce Fegan speaks to people in recovery about their experience of addiction and relapse.

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Long before the pandemic started or there were such things as restrictions, Ireland had an intense relationship with alcohol, and never more so than in the Christmas period. Study after study is showing that Irish people’s drinking has increased in the last 20 months.

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