Accept the problem and change drink culture

Alcohol abuse in our society is again becoming a topic for much discussion, mainly around the problem of cheap availability of alcohol and under-age drinking.

There are many causes which lead to the ongoing misuse of alcohol in Ireland today, and for a very long period of our history all have been listed ad infinitum — the rounds system, below-cost selling in supermarkets, love of binge drinking, restrictive pub hours, etc, all of these have been examined and argued for and against for a very long time to no avail.

We, as a people, will never change our drink culture until we change our views and tacit acceptance of the problem.