A decade ago, 31% of younger women reported drinking to excess, but this has now risen to 39%. Photograph: GettyMore young women and teenage girls are drinking harmful levels of alcohol than females in those age groups did a decade ago, a survey has found. Overall in the Department of Health’s annual Health Ireland survey 26 per cent of people reported binge drinking. However, women aged 15 to 24 are bucking this, with 39 per cent drinking at a “harmful level”, up on 31 per cent of that age cohort in 2015. Across all age groups, men continue to drink more than women, with a total of 47 per cent of men drinking at a harmful level compared to 25 per cent of women.
