Higher taxes won’t end alcohol abuse

TIM O’HALLORAN has got it wrong again (‘One way to tackle the binge drinking culture,’ Irish Examiner letters, June 28).

The campaign to oppose café bars was led by the health lobby, by the Strategic Task Force on Alcohol, the Irish Medical Organisation, Alcohol Action Ireland, Barnardos and others.

Even the World Health Organisation agrees that increasing the number of licensed outlets will increase the potential harm.