THAT'S ALL?
Ireland consumes 80% more alcohol than the global average
(Thanks to Allen at Division)
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August 28, 2019
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This can't be right. Eleven liters annually? I would have thought that was a good weekend's worth.
Posted by: Rod Nunley | August 28, 2019 at 11:07 AM
The Irish side of my family says, sláinte!
Posted by: nursecindy | August 28, 2019 at 11:28 AM
The headline writer was sacked. It should have read: "Ireland consumes 80% of the global alcohol production."
Posted by: Le Petomane | August 28, 2019 at 11:39 AM
@Rod - 11 litres of pure alcohol, so let's say about 25 litres of whiskey (40 %), so maybe 35 bottles ("fifth of whiskey" size). That's per person, including children. So roughly 70 bottles of whiskey per year per drinker. More than one a week. Not bad.
Posted by: Qaz | August 28, 2019 at 12:01 PM
I prefer the sidebar story.
Posted by: MOTW | August 28, 2019 at 01:31 PM
St. Patrick's Day obviously skews the figures.
Posted by: Clankie | August 28, 2019 at 01:42 PM
Heck, I'm Irish and didn't even know it. "Hic."
Posted by: Rintinglen | August 28, 2019 at 02:17 PM
I think they meant to say that's their blood alcohol content.
Posted by: Rudolph | August 28, 2019 at 04:20 PM
I heard a story about this once...
An Irishman walks out of a bar.
Posted by: Snowman | August 28, 2019 at 07:18 PM
80% above world average, they claim? There's me people, masters of understatement.
Posted by: padraig | August 29, 2019 at 09:32 AM
Now... Let's hear the statistics about potatoes.
Posted by: Clankie | August 29, 2019 at 09:49 AM