Health experts seek law on drink pricing

Health experts have urged the Government to introduce long-promised minimum pricing laws in a bid to break our love affair with alcohol.

It comes as a report from the Health Research Board (HRB) shows drinkers aged between 15 and 34 had the highest increase in liver disease, which was linked to the Celtic Tiger boom. Liver disease normally develops after years of harmful drinking, so was traditionally seen in older, hardened drinkers.

The study, which was based on figures from hospital in-patient reporting systems, also reveals that: