Changes to legal limit ‘will cost more jobs’

PUBLICANS have warned the Government that any tampering with drink-driving limits would accelerate further job losses in the industry.

The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland also claimed the controversial proposal, which is contained in the Government’s Road Safety Strategy, would do nothing to save any more lives on Irish roads.

In a stark warning issued yesterday, the VFI indicated that almost 10,000 bar jobs could be lost during the course of 2009 unless immediate steps are taken to lower the cost of running pubs.