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25% rise in tourists seeking help after suffering crime here

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25% rise in tourists seeking help after suffering crime here

The number of visitors to Ireland who sought support after being victims of crime spiked by almost 25% last year.

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Call to scrap or delay sugar drinks tax plan

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Call to scrap or delay sugar drinks tax plan
Soft drinks industry gives reasons for opposing proposed sugar tax

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Soft drinks industry gives reasons for opposing proposed sugar tax
Soft drink firms say sugar tax threatens jobs without improving public health

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Soft drink firms say sugar tax threatens jobs without improving public health
Sugar-coating the message about a danger equal to smoking in public
Sugar-coating the message about a danger equal to smoking in public

Kevin McPartlan’s (Irish Examiner, April 9) complaint about a tax on sugary drinks is, at most, at a sideshow to a far bigger picture.

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Don’t go so hard on the price of soft drinks
Don’t go so hard on the price of soft drinks

A sugar tax on soft drinks would barely affect obesity levels in this country, but would be another hit for consumers’ pockets, writes Kevin McPartlan, director of Irish Beverage Council

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