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03rd Nov 2015

The amount of binge drinking that Irish young people do every week

Do you binge a lot?

Joe Harrington

Do you binge a lot?

A new survey has revealed that four in ten Irish youngster go binge drinking every week.

SpunOut.ie spoke to 747 young people between 15 and 24 and 40% of them admitted they guzzle six or more drinks on a night out and they might do it a few times a week.

A lot of people don’t think that binge drinking is a big deal.

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However, the report by SpunOut revealed that over 20% of the people surveyed admit they should cut down on the amount of heavy drinking sessions they have.



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