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# booze - Saturday 2 January, 2021
# booze - Saturday 21 November, 2020
# booze - Friday 17 January, 2020
# Magaluf
# Magaluf
Pub crawls and happy hours to be banned in parts of holiday islands Mallorca and Ibiza
Fines for offences will range from €6,000 to €600,000.
# booze - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
# Minimum Pricing
# Minimum Pricing
Ireland can't wait forever to ban the sale of cheap alcohol, says Varadkar
The government wants to introduce minimum pricing at the same time as the North.
# booze - Sunday 30 June, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
Poll: Do you support minimum price rules for alcohol in Ireland?
Similar rules in Scotland have seen the sales of alcohol drop dramatically in the past year.
# booze - Thursday 27 December, 2018
# Cigarettes And Alcohol
# Cigarettes And Alcohol
Finance Minister was going to give smokers a break in Budget 2019 - but changed his mind
The department said the last-minute shift was for health reasons.
# booze - Monday 5 November, 2018
# PROHIBITED
# PROHIBITED
Alcohol ads to be banned near schools, creches and playgrounds from next year
From 12 November 2019, ads for alcohol in the cinema will also be banned except for over 18s movies.
# booze - Thursday 27 September, 2018
# Booze
# Booze
€165,000 in smuggled beer seized at Dublin Port
The 25,700 litres of alcohol were seized from a foreign-registered truck entering the country on a ferry from Holyhead in Wales yesterday.
# booze - Tuesday 25 September, 2018
# Public Health Alcohol Bill
# Public Health Alcohol Bill
Cancer warning labels on alcohol products will not be ditched from Public Health Alcohol Bill
There were reports that warnings on alcohol products linking excessive consumption to fatal cancers were to be removed.
# booze - Wednesday 8 November, 2017
# On The Agenda
# On The Agenda
After a long hiatus, the Bill to ban booze ads from buses, trains and near schools is back
It’s showdown time for the controversial Public Health Alcohol Bill which is back on the agenda this week.
# booze - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
# Nursing A Glass
# Nursing A Glass
Can I have a glass of wine? 8 questions about breastfeeding and booze - answered
There’s a lot of confusion around alcohol and breastfeeding. We spoke to an expert for some clarity.
# booze - Saturday 23 September, 2017
# Booze
# Booze
Costs for local shops and the Guinness Christmas ad... just two stumbling blocks facing alcohol bill
The bill seeks to restrict the sale and advertising of alcohol across the country.
# booze - Friday 23 June, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
Poll: Should alcohol advertising be banned in Ireland?
We want to know if you think there are too many ads for drink around these days.
# booze - Tuesday 14 March, 2017
# Booze
From The Daily Edge
# booze - Sunday 15 January, 2017
# Booze
From The Daily Edge
# booze - Thursday 1 December, 2016
# Four Loko
From The Daily Edge
# booze - Thursday 17 November, 2016
# Showdown
# Showdown
There's trouble between Fine Gael and the Independent Alliance again... this time it's over alcohol
Independent Alliance TDs say certain sections of the Public Health Alcohol Bill are akin to a “nanny state”.
# booze - Thursday 29 September, 2016
# Good News
# Good News
Craft beer takeover to continue as Irish college offers first ever brewing course
Classes begin September of next year.
# booze - Tuesday 19 July, 2016
# Deliver-booze
# Deliver-booze
Deliveroo launches alcohol delivery service in Ireland
The service will mostly be limited to Dublin.
# booze - Friday 15 July, 2016
# Crouching Tiger Hidden Naggin
From The Daily Edge
# booze - Saturday 25 June, 2016
# It's On Me
# It's On Me
Did you hear the one about the mystery American tourists and the free bar?
A mystery group turned up in Tralee earlier this week and decided to cover the cost of everyone’s booze.
# booze - Saturday 9 April, 2016
# Unfortunate
# Unfortunate
Booze ban deters Indian worshippers from visiting temples
Liquor had been the traditional offering.
# booze - Thursday 17 March, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
'Ireland is hopelessly devoted to alcohol, you'll see that today'
Andrew McGinley, who has worked behind a bar many a St Patrick’s Day, says that while you see everyone enjoying themselves, a bigger question comes to mind.
# booze - Friday 19 February, 2016
# Going Out
# Going Out
Dun Laoghaire is getting this brand new craft beer pub next week
Galway Bay Brewery, which already runs a number of pubs in the city centre, is moving out to the suburbs.
# booze - Thursday 18 February, 2016
# Going Out
From The Daily Edge
# booze - Wednesday 20 January, 2016
# Clear Head
# Clear Head
North Korea claims to have invented hangover-free booze
It’s between 30% and 40% proof – but causes no headaches. Apparently.
# booze - Friday 15 January, 2016
# Hidden Naggin
From The Daily Edge
# booze - Tuesday 5 January, 2016
# On The Dry
From The Daily Edge
# On The Dry
8 reasons to keep telling yourself Dry January is the smart choice
The unbearable smugness of being.
# booze - Friday 4 December, 2015
# Winter Drinks
From The Daily Edge
# booze - Tuesday 1 December, 2015
# Merry Boozemas
From The Daily Edge
# booze - Monday 5 October, 2015
# Up Cork
From The Daily Edge
# Up Cork
This Irish beer just got voted the best of its kind in the world
… and no, it’s not Guinness.
# booze - Wednesday 30 September, 2015
# Opening The Floodgates
# Opening The Floodgates
This English village is about to allow alcohol sales for the first time ever
Bournville, which was founded by the teetotal Cadbury family, was the last remaining “dry village” in England.
# booze - Friday 17 July, 2015
# Booze
# Booze
Here's what Dublin's newest Wetherspoons looks like
The Old Borough in Swords will open its doors next week.
# booze - Tuesday 7 July, 2015
# Baby Bottle
# Baby Bottle
Nearly half of pregnant women in Ireland binge drink
That’s the highest rate among four studied countries.
# booze - Sunday 28 June, 2015
# Boston Lager
# Boston Lager
Meet the man who helped spark the craft-beer revolution
Jim Koch is the man behind Samuel Adams Boston Lager.
# booze - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
# Booze
# Booze
This is how Irish alcohol taxes compare to the rest of the EU
A new report says that the cost of a pub pint would be 14% lower if Ireland’s beer excise was as low as the German rate.
# booze - Thursday 21 May, 2015
# Say It Ain't So
# Say It Ain't So
First world problem alert: There's a global Prosecco drought on the way...
The grape used to produce everyone’s favourite pre-drink has had a couple of particularly bad harvests in a row in Italy.
# booze - Wednesday 13 May, 2015
# Booze
# Booze
When it comes to alcohol abuse, the Irish aren't the worst in the world
We’re actually the fourth worst, according to a new report.
# booze - Friday 3 April, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
Poll: Do you agree with the Good Friday alcohol ban?
Or will you be having a tipple today?