Readers Blog: Alcohol Bill will reduce consumption and save lives

In the coming week the Public Health (Alcohol Bill) will go to committee stage in the Seanad.

After the decision by the Court of Session in Scotland to clear the way for Minimum Unit pricing to be introduced in Scotland there is now a very distinct possibility that Minimum Unit pricing may well become a reality in Ireland.

There is still a chance that the alcohol industry will challenge this ruling in the UK Supreme Court.