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Culture Stats: compare key data on France & Ireland

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STAT France Ireland HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.66
Ranked 15th.
14.41
Ranked 14th. 5% more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 18
Ranked 4th. The same as Ireland
18
Ranked 20th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 30, 1972 May 9, 1977
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Creteil Grafton Street , Dublin
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979. See McDonald's France . First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin, see McDonald's Ireland
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 2,001
Ranked 9th. 2% more than Ireland
1,971
Ranked 20th.
Happy Planet Index 46.5
Ranked 50th. 9% more than Ireland
42.6
Ranked 79th.

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1791 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1993 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1999) Yes (since 2011)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes (since 2013) Single gay persons may adopt. Step Child adoption under consideration.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2013) No (proposed)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 854
Ranked 59th.
1,006
Ranked 53th. 18% more than France
World Heritage Sites 34
Ranked 4th. 17 times more than Ireland
2
Ranked 94th.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 260.48 kg
Ranked 14th. 5% more than Ireland
247.17 kg
Ranked 18th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes Opened in 1991, but all seven stores were closed by 1992. Returned in 2001, with 156 stores by 2013. First opened in Phibsborough shopping centre. 40 restaurants as of 2013. Major franchisees include MBCC Foods and Herbel Restaurants (Ireland) Ltd
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned, except tail-docking Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 76th. The same as Ireland
18
Ranked 64th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 2.31
Ranked 63th.
7.04
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.43
Ranked 14th.
13.69
Ranked 2nd. 20% more than France
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child Yes No
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes No
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couples are allowed to foster or stepchild foster Yes Yes
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 0.36
Ranked 157th.
1
Ranked 114th. 3 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.62
Ranked 43th. 4% more than Ireland
2.51
Ranked 47th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 8.14
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Ireland
2.75
Ranked 28th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.17
Ranked 55th.
1.09
Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 13.3
Ranked 5th.
13.39
Ranked 4th. 1% more than France
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC France KFC (GB) Ltd
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 12 g
Ranked 6th. 20% more than Ireland
10 g
Ranked 10th.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Banned Sales prohibited to under 18s. Restricted to licensed premises only since 1 July 2009. Vending machines are operated by a token or card obtained from the bar once the age of the buyer has been identified.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide; Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Asia (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Europe); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: Smoking age; World Health Organization. Source tables; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); Wikipedia: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.); Wikipedia: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .)

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