New legislation will serve to improve our alcohol-saturated lives
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”.
A Limerick store currently has ‘offers’ for students of a naggin of vodka and a chicken baguette for €8.99, or a burger and chips, with three bottles of beer, for €5.99. If the students just want the three beers, they are available for €1.99. Meanwhile, Gardaí in Galway have drafted in extra officers and public order vans for a student event starting today at 12 noon.
An unintended consequence of the alcohol-saturated environment we have created, fostered by self-regulation, is that one in four deaths of men aged 15-39 is due to alcohol consumption.
Our harmful level of drinking fuels a range of physical and mental health problems and is a contributory factor to crime, road deaths, domestic violence, child neglect, and the burden of chronic disease that cripples our health service. It’s beyond time that we put the emphasis on public health, not alcohol.
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