Plan to cut consumption of alcohol

THE alcohol industry is spending huge amounts of money to “normalise” a potentially “very dangerous product, Roisín Shortall said.

She said she was disturbed at how alcohol was sold side-by-side with everyday household essentials, like milk and bread.

She told the Oireachtas Committee on Health the forthcoming national substance misuse strategy, which replaces the national drugs strategy, would set targets to reduce alcohol consumption levels right across the population.