Independent Alliance raise concerns over new alcohol legislation

The Independent Alliance has raised concerns over a new alcohol bill and the financial impacts it may have on small businesses, particularly corner shops.

The new bill instructs that alcohol be separated from the rest of the premises by means of a physical barrier, through which alcohol products and advertising are not readily visible to the public.

It has caused considerable anger within Fine Gael, with junior health minister Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy under fire to drop the plan.