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CALLS FOR A comprehensive national alcohol strategy comes following today’s CSO figures that show there was an increase on spending on booze last year.
Despite the state of the country’s finances, there was €6.3 billion spent on alcohol in 2012, up 1.2 per cent on 2011.
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol-related issues, has said the rise further highlights the urgent need to address Ireland’s harmful relationship with alcohol.
At 7.7 per cent of total personal expenditure, people in Ireland spent twice as much on alcohol than they spent on clothing and footwear last year.
Conor Cullen of Alcohol Action Ireland warned: “We must remember that alcohol is not a grocery or another everyday household item, even though this is how it is currently marketed and sold throughout this country.”
“More than €6.3 billion is a huge figure for a relatively small country like Ireland to spend on alcohol in a year and it’s particularly worrying that our total spend on alcohol in 2012 increased for the second year in a row,” added Cullen.
Alcohol-related harm costs Ireland over €3.7 billion a year, while three people die every day from an alcohol-related illness.
“These latest figures from the CSO only serve to emphasise the crucial need for the full-range of alcohol-harm reduction measures currently being considered by Government, particularly key measures targeting the pricing, marketing and availability of alcohol in Ireland,” said Cullen.
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Pretty good value considering people were paying that for 5 bedroom gaffs a few years ago!
The 1997 “business consortium” included an individual named Fergus Appelbe. In the late 1980s, Today Tonight produced not one, but two full programmes on Applebe’s conveyancing activities in Cork and Kerry. Retired Dutch pensioners were a favourite target. Instead of being struck off, the Law Society appointed him head of their Conveyancing Committee!!
To add insult to injury, he proceeded to rack up millions in property dealings, all of which the taxpayer had to bail out.
How certain individuals continue to walk the streets defies belief.
Someone should make a site for haunted properties so us normal people can buy off superstitious people for a discount.
Beautiful spot!
Superstitious bùllshit wouldn’t put me off. If only I was an oligarch.
I’d rather own a cardboard box in Dublin than live with the culchies
Ye west Brits wouldn’t be welcome in real Ireland anyway !!
Ye west Brits wouldn’t be welcome in real Ireland anyway !!
Off with you so.
Cultchies go way u muppet there 100000 in Waterford City and least not 90% of people aren’t junkies go back to bed u fool
Ah dessie just wanted to check yis were all awake. I love yis all really
Seems like most of ye are sleeping in card board boxes anyway full of junkies
Boom
Would love to buy this.
Beautiful hotel and a very fine golf course.
I read this in The Times this morning. It mentions that Maurice FitzGerald took ownership of it in 1160. Pretty hard to do seeing as he didn’t come to Ireland until 1169! Bit of factual research goes a long way.
48 house’s, a hotel and golf course set on over 300 acres.. a steal at 4.5 million, no doubt it will be snapped up by the Chinese or Mr Trump
4.5 million for a 5 bed gaff?????
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