Minimum alcohol pricing begins: How much will your drinks cost?

Under the new system, a floor price has been set for all alcohol products under which they cannot be sold, meaning heavily discounted slabs of 24 cans of beer or cider must now cost in the region of €40. Picture: Sasko Lazarov

Cheap slabs of beer are now a thing of the past, as the Government’s minimum alcohol pricing comes into force today.

Under the new system, a floor price has been set for all alcohol products under which they cannot be sold, meaning heavily discounted slabs of 24 cans of beer or cider must now cost in the region of €40.