Drivers don’t drink at garages

IN a recent article about the sale of alcohol at garages (August 2), Gordon Holmes, chair of the Garda Síochána Complaints Board, said, “You are permitting people who are attached to garages, where cars go for petrol, to sell drink to the people who are driving those cars. I think the perception of that must raise queries in any ordinary person’s mind.”

Does Mr Holmes really believe these ordinary people have a corkscrew and a glass ready in the car so they can have a nice relaxing merlot on the way home?

Should off-licences and supermarkets prevent people in possession of car keys from buying beer, only selling to those on foot or bicycle?