Cheap Booze days are numbered
Government will introduce measures to curb cheap booze sales. No longer will a can of low cost cider or lager cost less than a price of litre of milk. The change will target so-called ‘€5 naggins’ of vodka and certain brands of strong lager and cider by bringing in a minimum price per unit of alcohol. The Cabinet yesterday signed off on its long-awaited alcohol strategy. A timeline on when the new laws will come into force will be announced tomorrow. Alcohol is fine when you can ‘take it or leave it’. However, it becomes a problem when you drink to forget a relationship ending, wrong that was done by you to another or wrong that was done to you by another. Alcohol has the power to bring a rich man to an early grave, a young woman to the point of despair, a father or mother to neglect their children or a young man to be physically assaulted. No drinks company will hold your hair back like a friend would when you vomit the consumption of a night’s drinking. Well maybe that’s part of walking through this world of ours.
Wet Liberal 