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Ireland

Ireland Culture Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 14.41 2005 14th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 7.04 2005 4th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 1 2005 114th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 13.39 2005 4th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 1.09 2005 22nd out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.51 2005 47th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 2.75 2005 28th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 18 2014 20th out of 25
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 13.69 2003 2nd out of 178
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 10 g 2008 10th out of 17
Food and drink > Beer consumption 479 million L 2014 25th out of 40
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date May 9, 1977 2012
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Grafton Street , Dublin 2012
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin, see McDonald's Ireland 2012
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First opened in Phibsborough shopping centre. 40 restaurants as of 2013. Major franchisees include MBCC Foods and Herbel Restaurants (Ireland) Ltd 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC (GB) Ltd 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,971 2014 20th out of 22
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 247.17 kg 2007 18th out of 99
Happy Planet Index 42.6 2009 79th out of 143
Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal for personal use. Illegal with intent to sell or if sold for profit. 2014
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned 2001
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1993 UN decl. sign. 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2011) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Single gay persons may adopt. Step Child adoption under consideration. 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child No 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couples are allowed to foster or stepchild foster Yes 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child No 2014
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,006 2014 53th out of 184
Smoking > Pack of 20 cigarettes price €9.1 2014 5th out of 10
Smoking > Pack of 20 cigarettes price (USD) 11.6 2014 5th out of 10
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. Restricted to licensed premises only since 1 July 2009. Vending machines are operated by a token or card obtained from the bar once the age of the buyer has been identified. 2008
Tobacco > Purchase age 18 2014 64th out of 88
Tobacco > Smoking age 16 2014 42nd out of 44
World Heritage Sites 2 2014 94th out of 140

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide; World Health Organization. Source tables; Wikipedia: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.); Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country in 2012, Kirin Holdings Company. Table 3.; Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Asia (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Europe); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Cigarette (Prices); Wikipedia: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .); Wikipedia: Smoking age; Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites)

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Ireland Culture Profiles (Subcategories)

Food and drink 18 Smoking 4
Sexuality 9

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