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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Emma McMenamy

Irish women in hospital with severe liver damage from alcohol doubled during pandemic

The number of Irish women in hospital with severe liver damage from alcohol doubled during the pandemic.

Professor John Ryan warned a shift in drinking habits has resulted in record numbers of females seeking help for cirrhosis of the liver.

Prof Ryan, consultant hepatologist at Beaumont Hospital and co-founder of the Irish Liver Federation, said excessive boozing is killing people in their early 20s.

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