New legislation will serve to improve our alcohol-saturated lives

The alcohol bill referred to in your pages (‘Irish Distillers names Jean-Christophe Coutures new CEO as Jameson sales rise’, February 12) is in fact the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill.

The distinction is important, as it is the first time that legislation clearly prioritises the health and wellbeing of the Irish ahead of the business interests of multinational companies.

The chief executive of Irish Distillers claims that the legislation contains proposals that “will have unintended consequences”.