Ireland: Average drinker consumed an equivalent of 235 cans of beer last year

Last year, the average drinker in Ireland consumed the equivalent of 235 cans of beer – or 444 cans per household, Independent.ie reported on September 1.

That’s according to Alcohol Action Ireland’s latest Alcohol Market Review, which examines the scale of alcohol use, and the financial rewards captured by what it described as “a small group of monopolistic national and international alcohol producers”.

The report said 11 bottles of spirits (37.5pc ABV, 70cl) per drinker, or 21 bottles per household were also consumed last year.

And it calculated there were 39 bottles of wine (12.5pc ABV, 75cl) per drinker, or 74 bottles per household and 35 cans of cider (4.5pc ABV, 500ml) per drinker, or 66 cans per household.