Below cost selling of alcohol ‘should be banned’

THE sale of cheap, below-cost, alcohol “should be banned” a Government spokesman has said.

Deputy John Perry, speaking on behalf of Health Minister James Reilly, said the central aim of the upcoming National Substance Misuse Strategy (NSMS), was to “reduce the amount of alcohol we drink in society”.

In what is the clearest statement to date from the Government in relation to alcohol, Mr Perry said the NSMS would be finalised by the end of September.