Nine out of 10 stores complying with alcohol sale code

NINE out of 10 stores are complying with a voluntary code regarding the display and sale of alcohol, a compliance report has found.

The report, written by an independent chairperson, said the code was now being used by the district courts in assessing licence applications.

The report said retailers want Justice Minster Dermot Ahern to include off-licences in the compliance system, maintaining that a suggested code between them and the Department of Health had not materialised.