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Maybe it’s just that I’m getting older, but there seem to be a lot of young ones out drinking these days.

Maybe it’s just that I’m getting older, but there seem to be a lot of young ones out drinking these days.

It has been confirmed that the Irish woman who died in Indonesia after drinking contaminated alcohol was a final year engineering student at NUI Galway.

Anyone who logged on to the discussion board on www.castlebar.ie this week will have seen a lengthy discussion on events in Castlebar last Friday night surrounding a Junior Cert disco, when hundreds of teenagers from across the region converged on Castlebar. Anyone who was around the town that night couldn’t fail to notice the large numbers that were out and about, some of them were very drunk, but plenty more were as sober as the day they were born.

A Claremorris man who was caught drink driving after a three week drinking session as he tried to cope with the loss of his business, was banned from driving for two years at Claremorris District Court this week. Edward Killeen of Kilbeg, Claremorris, pleaded guilty to the charge in court.

As the Leaving Certificate exams come to an end and thousands of Irish students get ready to leave the books behind, pack their bags, and head off for their much anticipated holiday, drinkaware.ie and the ITAA is issuing a reminder to students of the dangers of mixing sun and alcohol.

One standard drink takes one hour to leave your system and there is no way to speed this up, so do the maths and don’t risk the morning after, is the advice from drinkaware.ie ahead of the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

Underage drinking and the anti-social behaviour attached to it is a direct result of under-cost selling of alcohol in supermarkets.

Q. As a senior who enjoys a glass of wine with my supper several times a week, what’s the latest about this controversial topic? Is it good for us or not?

A woman who, while nearly three times over the blood alcohol limit crashed into the back of a car causing a “knock-on” effect, received a five month suspended sentence and a six year disqualification from driving at Galway District Court last Monday.