...it seems like the most obvious answer. Maybe they could get government funding? Heh. The Belfast Telegraph quotes The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's report and conclusion that,

"The peace process has led to increased investment, employment, urbanisation, improved financial status and independence amongst the population and among young people generally. The social and economic emancipation, when set against a historic low baseline of alcohol use because of religious and cultural norms, may have led to increases in alcohol drinking over recent years towards the levels in the rest of the UK"

So there you have it then. If the last thirty years of bombing, shooting, capping - both knee and elbow didn't get you the booze will. Pass me the bottle, I'm gonna get snoshled.

Just our fucking luck eh?

* obviously I am only joking about with the headline before people start messing themselves. And anyhoo, they haven't gone away ye know, apparently.