Letters to the Editor: Alcohol consumption has dropped in Ireland

Revenue figures on alcohol consumption for the second quarter of last year show that total alcohol consumption actually fell by 7.3%.

There continues to be misleading commentary that alcohol consumption is increasing in Ireland and that it grew worse as a result of the Covid-19 lockdowns, which is simply not true.

The cold, hard data from the Revenue Commissioners, which experts across the board use as the standard measure for alcohol consumption in Ireland, shows that the amount of alcohol consumed fell significantly last year as a direct result of the pandemic and the hospitality sector being closed.