From The Irish Times GENEVIEVE CARBERY Publicans have urged the Government to introduce a 15 per cent tax on off-licence alcohol sales in the budget. The  “lid levy ” proposal on…

From The Irish Times CONOR POPE, Consumer Affairs Correspondent The failure of successive governments to develop a coherent policy to deal with the problem of excessive alcohol consumption in the…

Publicans have urged the Government to introduce a 15 per cent tax on off-licence alcohol sales in the budget. The “lid levy” proposal on unopened alcohol sales would raise €240 million for the State while protecting 50,000 jobs and business, the 6000 member Vintners’ Federation of Ireland and Lice

From the BBC Scotland's plans for minimum pricing on alcohol are a disproportionate response to the country's drink problems, the European Commission has said. It believed the move could restrict…

From the Institute for Fiscal Studies Today the Home Office has published its consultation on policies to reduce the social costs associated with alcohol consumption. The most high-profile measure is…

By Greg Jenner from Huffington Post UK I've written some pretty controversial things in previous blogs, and yet somehow this is the one that will most likely incur the wrath…