{"id":1173141,"date":"2021-12-30T16:34:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173141"},"modified":"2021-12-30T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T21:34:42","slug":"severe-addiction-rise-feared-as-at-home-drinking-soars-in-lockdown-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/severe-addiction-rise-feared-as-at-home-drinking-soars-in-lockdown-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe Addiction Rise Feared as At-Home Drinking Soars in Lockdown Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsevere-addiction-rise-feared-as-at-home-drinking-soars-in-lockdown-ireland%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173141&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1336832438-e1640871556834-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A seismic increase in at-home drinking in Ireland has raised fears that the island nation will soon face a serious rise in the number of people suffering from addiction as a result of lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>According to addiction experts, the restrictions in place to curb the spread of the Chinese coronavirus, such as full lockdowns and curfews for pubs, has corresponded with a sudden surge in the amount of alcohol being consumed in the home in Ireland.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The founder of the award-winning&nbsp;Aiseir\u00ed addiction centres,&nbsp;Sister Eileen Fahey, has raised alarm bells regarding the change in drinking patterns in Ireland, saying that there are \u201cserious concerns at the future implications\u201d of the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the indications are that alcohol consumption in the home has sky-rocketed during the pandemic and there are many of us very worried about the long-term effects,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Irish Independent&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/news\/ireland-faces-addiction-tsunami-over-scale-of-pandemic-home-drinking-41194243.html\">reports<\/a> Sister Fahey as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The addiction expert also described a shift in the demographic profile of those coming forward to be treated for addiction.&nbsp;While previously those with addictions treated by&nbsp;Aiseir\u00ed tended to be male, it has now morphed into a more even split between the two sexes.&nbsp;Addictions surrounding drugs and gambling have also become more common since the centres were set up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Data&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/world-news\/coronavirus\/huge-surge-in-alcohol-use-at-home-during-pandemic-40221000.html\">compiled<\/a> by Alcohol Action Ireland in March showed that supermarket alcohol sales jumped 93 per cent in June 2020 over the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s pandemic era issues with alcohol have been seen throughout the British Isles.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the number of Scottish deaths caused by alcohol hit levels not seen in over a decade, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrscotland.gov.uk\/statistics-and-data\/statistics\/statistics-by-theme\/vital-events\/deaths\/alcohol-deaths\">1,190 deaths<\/a> attributed to drinking last year. At the same time,&nbsp;the overall number of alcohol-related deaths across Britain rose almost 19 per cent in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/peoplepopulationandcommunity\/healthandsocialcare\/causesofdeath\/bulletins\/alcoholrelateddeathsintheunitedkingdom\/registeredin2020\">according<\/a> to the Office for National Statistics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great Britain: Depression More than Doubles Since Before Coronavirus Pandemic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f3YkKAESV5\">https:\/\/t.co\/f3YkKAESV5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1390637461928357888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Ireland faces a possible future increase in addiction numbers correlating with pandemic restrictions, a recent scandal in the country has led to government officials being accused of having \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/29\/utter-contempt-for-the-people-at-least-20-irish-govt-officials-and-staff-attended-lockdown-champagne-party\/\">utter contempt<\/a>\u201d for the public.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Evidence has emerged that staff and officials in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs attended a champagne party during a period of intense lockdown in the country.<\/p>\n<p>At least 20 individuals from the department attended the event in a government building, during a point where it was illegal for Irish citizens to attend regular Sunday church services.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the controversy, the president of the Irish Freedom Party, Hermann Kelly, lambasted the attitude of Irish officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis shows the utter contempt official mandarins have for the Irish people,\u201d Kelly told Breitbart London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a case of \u2018rules for thee don\u2019t apply to me\u2019,\u201d Kelly continued. \u201cLockdown rules were clearly for the little people, the serfs and workers, not applied to the bosses and rulers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the controversy, the department has blamed \u201ca moment of happiness\u201d for sparking the incident, and has claimed that \u201clessons have been learned\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Utter Contempt for the People\u2019: At Least 20 Irish Govt Officials and Staff Attended Lockdown Champagne Party<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lAk0SeoL6G\">https:\/\/t.co\/lAk0SeoL6G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1476266773750165509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A seismic increase in at-home drinking in Ireland has raised fears that the island nation will soon face a serious rise in the number of people suffering from addiction as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}