Legislation to extend pub and club opening hours quietly shelved 

Intoxicating Liquor Bill is not among the Government's new list of 21 priority bills 

The Intoxicating Liquor Bill had faced resistance from gardaí as well as the Department of Transport.

A bill which would introduce late licensing laws has been quietly shelved, and it is no longer listed as a priority piece of legislation for the Government.

Chief whip Mary Butler has published the Government’s spring legislative agenda containing 21 priority bills.