I do not drink that much any more; maybe it is because I do not socialise that much with people who do, but I have certainly slowed down in more recent years. Very occasionally though people will sort themselves out a holiday where the sole plan is to drink and to drink a lot. There are some locations, especially in Europe, where the whole tourism board is designed and orientated around the possibility of tourists coming into the country for a drinking holiday. Ireland is often seen as one of those locations; especially for English people abroad. Dublin in particular is seen as the perfect weekend away; it is only a short jaunt for most of us over the Irish Sea on a ferry or a plane and before you know it you’re in a foreign place, surrounded by people who don’t know you, with a free reign and license to let your hair down.