Lockdown could result in wave of problem drinkers: expert

Ian Martin Wilgaus: Like our Government has ever cared for mental health in Northern Ireland. If we tackled this problem years ago, it just wouldn’t be so much an issue now.

Mark John Gorman: And it took an expert to figure that out. Money well spent.

Muriel Brush: We have a lot of real problems — all of us — from the Troubles, so we all need a lump sum from our Government. We

will survive, as usual.

Adam Millar: “Problem drinkers”? I think he means Northern Ireland’s favourite pastime.

Ray Baxter: There is no problem. The supermarkets are doing fantastic deals.

William Baker: Experts trying to create work for themselves.

Michael Phylan: No churches open during the lockdown, but off-licences were open. Same in the south of Ireland.

Thomas Harkin: Due to the mental stress associated with a failed UK statelet, led from the front by the DUP.

Klimsa Sheila: As if there wasn’t an alcohol problem before the virus.

Neil Dylan Caldwell: He is spot on. I have been on the whiskey, gin and vodka because of this lockdown and I never used to drink at all.

Jake Spray: I saw no junkies on the streets during lockdown. Things are getting better.

Melvin D: Is this the next thing they are going to blame on Covid-19?

Ryan Mcguigan: How has it taken 15/16 weeks for experts to give out this warning? It was clear to see it would happen right at the start.

Marc Toye: Should have thought of that before classing an off-licence as essential.

Chris George: My only drinking problem is that I have two hands and only one mouth.

Christopher Mcpeake: Can just imagine you at AA, telling your story and blaming the virus.

Julieanne Hamilton: Tell us something we don’t know. Stating the obvious.