(DUBLIN, Reuters)Excessive drinking in Irish universities is contributing to a high dropout rate, education officials said.

(路透社都柏林电)爱尔兰教育官员表示，在爱尔兰大学一些大学生饮酒过量，造成高退学率。

Data collected on some campuses indicated students were spending a lot of their time and money on alcohol.

从一些校园所收集到的资料显示，大学生们把诸多时间与金钱都花在饮酒上面。

Per person consumption of beer in Ireland is 142.5 liters per year.

爱尔兰每人每年的啤酒消耗量是一百四十二点五公升。

This is almost twice the EU average.

这几乎是欧盟平均数的两倍。