The guidelines which currently say a maximum of 17 standard drinks for men each week and 11 units for women.
Safe drinking guidelines are to be re-examined over concern about the amount of alcohol people are consuming at home.
The guidelines which currently say a maximum of 17 standard drinks for men each week and 11 units for women are safe levels, were last reviewed in 2009.
However according to the Irish Independent, Doctors and the HSE's Alcohol Programme are to reviewed as the covid pandemic led even more people to regularly drink at home.