The extraordinary burden on others from Ireland’s harmful use of alcohol.
New research report highlights an untold story: the extraordinary burden on others from Ireland’s harmful use of alcohol. · One in two people have been bothered and harassed, felt afraid and unsafe from strangers’ drinking. · Two in five people are stressed and threatened, and have experienced familial difficulties, in a blend of psychological and tangible harms, from drinkers they know. · Children, so often the silent voice, are negatively affected from someone else’s drinking and experience specific harms including verbally abuse and witness to serious violence in their homes. · For one in seven workers, alcohol is making a significant factor in their workplace, where extra work hours and days lost impacted on... Full Story