Liquor bill 'legally impossible to enforce'

PROPOSALS contained in the Intoxicating Liquor Bill are nonsensical and legally impossible to enforce, a leading criminal law expert has said.

Accusing Justice Minister Michael McDowell of acting purely for political reasons, Trinity's Reid Professor of Law Ivana Bacik said some elements of the made no legal sense whatsoever.

"It's nonsensical and another area where peoples civil liberties are under threat," she said, branding the legislation a knee-jerk response to public perception.