Irish Examiner view: Drink in haste, repent at leisure

We Irish acknowledge getting drunk on 20 occasions per year with the Australians leading the way with 26.7 and Mexico back-marking at 8.9.

In Ireland we like a drink. But, when we have overindulged, we feel more guilty than any other nation.

That is a headline conclusion from the latest version of the Global Drugs Survey which finds that while Australia gets more drunk than any other country (Ireland is seventh on that list) when it comes to regrets, well, we have a few.