Labels to curb underage drinking ‘unfeasible’

THE Government hasabandoned a plan to curb underage drinking by demandinglabels on alcohol identifying the off-licences from which it was bought.

The idea was that gardaí would be able to trace alcohol seized from minors back to the outlet that sold it to them.

Section 22 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 allows the Government to make regulations demanding “particulars to beaffixed to any container in which intoxicating liquor is sold for consumption off the premises which enable the licensee and the licensed premises concerned to be identified”.