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Tue 12 Dec 2009Four in 10 women drink excessively
MORE THAN 50 per cent of Irish people are drinking alcohol harmfully, with older people and women especially at risk, research published today has found.
An analysis of data from the 2007 Slán lifestyle study suggests some four in 10 women are drinking excessively over an extended period, with seven in 10 men also at risk from this pattern of alcohol intake.
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