00:00Des Bishop is under the influence.
00:02I stopped drinking because I was an alcoholic.
00:05And I know what you're thinking when you hear me say that.
00:08It's like Des Bishop thinks he's an alcoholic. Typical Yank.
00:10I'd say he got sick once and thought, oh my God, I lost control.
00:13Tackling one of Ireland's greatest taboos.
00:15People can say what they want, that it's a racist stereotype.
00:18But like, it didn't come from nowhere.
00:20You know, Irish people have been drinking too much for a long time.
00:23Are we just having the crack or are we in denial?
00:26The problem is that Irish society revolves around drink.
00:29And nobody really wants to change that.
00:31A new series, Des Bishop under the influence.
00:33Thursday at 10.15 on RTE1.
