Sir, - According to your Statiscope No. 216 we stand second in the world beer-consuming league at 141.3 litres per person. However, I wonder if the compilers of this ranking have allowed for the fact that our drinking ranks are swollen annually by 2.6 million visitors from the UK, many of them on stag parties. - Yours, etc.,
Erne Street, Baile Atha Cliath 2.