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.

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

DR JOHN OWENS, chairman of the Mental Health Commission, is to be congratulated for the strategic plan he has written and just launched for the commission.