The doctors behind the HSE’s Alcohol Programme are to re-examine the guidance on how much alcohol people can drink safely in a given week. The guidelines we last reviewed in 2009, and allow for 17 standard drinks for men, and 11 for women. 

Sheena Horgan, the CEO of Drinkaware joined Anton Savage on The Hard Shoulder to discuss...

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