It found that some 54% of Irish people said the frequency of their drinking had increased “by some capacity” due to Covid. This failure to acknowledge the downside of alcohol is not just a public blind spot but a governmental one. An estimated 250,000 people in Ireland have alcohol dependency problems, but only a fraction of those gain access to some form of treatment programme. Those telling statistics, published yesterday by Alcohol Action Ireland (AAI), are testament to that. Alcohol Action Ireland seeks to address that by changing the way services are provided.

Source: Irish Examiner June 12, 2021 08:37 UTC