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# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
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.
# minimum-pricing - Thursday 1 August, 2019
It costs less than €8 to reach the recommended weekly limit of alcohol in Ireland
That’s according to a survey conducted by Alcohol Action Ireland.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
Alcohol sales in Scotland drop to lowest-ever level following introduction of new pricing laws
Minimum unit pricing laws were introduced in May 2018.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 10 October, 2018
Alcohol Bill, first published in 2015, finally passes through Oireachtas
The legislation provides for changes such as minimum pricing and restrictions on advertising.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 3 October, 2018
After 1,000 days of debate, the government's landmark alcohol legislation has been passed
The bill, first introduced in 2015, passed through the Dáil this evening.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 15 November, 2017
Scotland to be the first country to introduce minimum alcohol pricing
The ruling could have an impact on Ireland’s drinks regulations proposed in the Alcohol Bill.
# minimum-pricing - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
Ireland must wait for the North before banning the sale of cheap alcohol
Simon Harris says he won’t be “holding off on it forever”.
# minimum-pricing - Sunday 12 February, 2017
12 cans of Heineken for €20? This is how minimum pricing could affect your pocket
Each unit of alcohol will be required to cost €1 under the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill.
# minimum-pricing - Thursday 24 November, 2016
Report: Minimum unit price on alcohol would only affect 'heaviest drinkers'
Minimum pricing would have great health benefits, says the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
Around one in every six Irish 15-year-olds have "exprienced drunkeness" at least twice
A report by the OECD found that 16% of Irish teens admitted to being drunk on two occasions.
# minimum-pricing - Friday 21 October, 2016
'It will save lives': Irish alcohol groups on Scottish courts paving the way for minimum unit pricing
Irish minimum pricing legislation is currently before the Seanad and will be debated next week.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
Minimum pricing for alcohol could be illegal - but Ireland's pressing ahead
A European Court of Justice ruling says a tax should be introduced instead of minimum pricing.
# minimum-pricing - Saturday 12 December, 2015
How much will a can of beer cost you next year? It's the week in numbers
Plus: How many selfies did Teresa Mannion say she posed for in Ballina?
# minimum-pricing - Friday 11 December, 2015
David Norris says people on social welfare shouldn't be allowed to buy drink
The independent senator said alcohol had now become “a human right” in Ireland.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
Alcohol pricing: Here's how the planned changes will affect your pocket
The government has announced that it will be setting the price of alcohol at €1 a unit.
# minimum-pricing - Sunday 26 April, 2015
Politicians who own pubs tell us what has gone wrong for rural Ireland
Owning a pub and being in Leinster House – seeing the demise of rural Ireland from the outside and the inside.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 4 February, 2015
Poll: Do you support minimum prices for alcohol?
Is this the way to curb Ireland’s problem drinking?
Those supermarket booze deals could be in danger...
There will also be regulation of sports sponsorship for the first time if new legislation agreed by the Government passes.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
Higher alcohol prices are working - don't lower excise duty, says charity
Alcohol Action Ireland is also calling for the introduction of minimum pricing to target binge drinking.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
'It's not my intention to treat the drinks industry like a pariah' says Alex White
Minister of State at the Department of Health said conflicting interests of the drinks industry and health professionals cannot be reconciled when it comes to formulating public health policy.
# minimum-pricing - Monday 10 February, 2014
860 fewer people would be killed by alcohol every year if minimum pricing was introduced
New research shows it would have negligible effects on low income moderate drinkers’ alcohol consumption and spending.
# minimum-pricing - Wednesday 23 October, 2013
Government deal to implement minimum alcohol pricing welcomed
But the government has kicked plans to ban alcohol companies from sponsoring sport into the long grass.
# minimum-pricing - Tuesday 15 October, 2013
Column: Does minimum alcohol pricing make (economic) sense?
Basic microeconomics teaches us that price controls are a bad policy decision and alcohol is no exception to the rule, writes Luke McGrath.
# minimum-pricing - Friday 11 October, 2013
Poll: Should we have a minimum price for alcohol?
GPs want the measure brought in as part of Budget 2014 to prevent people binge drinking. But would it work?
# minimum-pricing - Saturday 28 July, 2012
Column: Yes, booze causes problems – but why tar us all with the same brush?
Proposals to hike the minimum price of alcohol are penalising moderate drinkers for the sins of those who have bigger problems, writes Aaron McKenna.
# minimum-pricing - Monday 7 March, 2011
Minimum pricing for alcohol plan to be launched in Northern Ireland
A consultation will be launched today on setting a minimum price per unit of alcohol sold in Northern Ireland.
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Poll: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already answered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but said it was “obviously a long time ago.”
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
So today we’re asking you: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
Poll Results:
Yes (7432)
No (5173)
I'm not sure (593)
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