CMO raises concerns over bill to extend pub and nightclub opening hours

Professor Breda Smyth, chief Medical Officer, speaking at the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use.

Chief Medical Officer Breda Smyth has contacted Justice Minister Helen McEntee to raise concerns about new laws to allow nightclubs to open until 6am and pubs until 2.30am.

The intervention by Ms Smyth comes just weeks after the Road Safety Authority (RSA) said that progressing the bill could lead to an increase in road deaths.