Tánaiste warns selling takeaway pints with lids is 'not on'

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has criticised the sale of takeaway pints. File Photo: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

While the sale of takeaway alcohol is not illegal, the Tánaiste has said the practice of selling pints with a lid is 'not on'.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said yesterday that people can "forget about takeaway pints", though the Government later clarified that it would not ban the practice outright.