We deserve better than delays to landmark health legislation

Alcohol labelling laws have repeatedly been delayed, with American tariffs cited most recently, write Sara Burke and Norah Campbell

One thing the alcohol industry knows and uses against us is the ‘hypocrite’s trap’. If I drink alcohol I really cannot advocate for health labels on it. It makes me a hypocrite. File photo

Even in the snakes and ladders that is politics, it’s unusual to stop a piece of reform that you yourself created and championed.

Last week Simon Harris responded to a question in the Dáil saying that the government needs to “give consideration to the timeline for the implementation” of health information labelling on alcohol products, due to the “new trade environment” brought about by American tariffs.