Nanny state strikes again

[Zealot7]

Government price controls never work. They always cause more harm than good.

I personally would rather push the responsibility back on the person. For example - health problems relating to excess alcohol consumption? No health insurance, private or public. Leave the market set the price of alcohol, as it should be.

[warmcome]

Government price controls never work. They always cause more harm than good.

I personally would rather push the responsibility back on the person. For example - health problems relating to excess alcohol consumption? No health insurance, private or public. Leave the market set the price of alcohol, as it should be.

An alcoholic would suffer under such a regime?

[Danny2011]

To be fair, most of the wine under 8e taste like vinegar and could strip cars, so the paint thinning companies will suffer more than people who genuinely like wine etc.

It's more about govt attitude and interference than the price or quality of the wine, but if the lowest price increases then the prices of all wines likely to increase.

[Uncle Reamus]

what a wanker Varadkar is, its badly thought out, all this will do is cost Uncle Reamus alot more money than before to get pissed

[warmcome]

$10 minimum hit for liquor. Specialist cabs/vans with sick bays to transport them home.

[Zealot7]

An alcoholic would suffer under such a regime?

Well that's kind of the point, if you're an alcoholic then it's your fault, not anyone else's, you should be the one to suffer.

To be honest, my alcohol consumption is pretty low so it doesn't matter all that much to me. It's just annoying to see the government getting in the way of things again, and it's only worse that's getting.

[warmcome]

Well that's kind of the point, if you're an alcoholic then it's your fault, not anyone else's, you should be the one to suffer.

To be honest, my alcohol consumption is pretty low so it doesn't matter all that much to me. It's just annoying to see the government getting in the way of things again, and it's only worse that's getting.

It is ones responsibility. Society is about everyone? I don't consume liquor myself.

[10inchesandcounting]

Not content with deciding its the states business what consenting adults do in private bedrooms, now we're to be stopped buying alcohol below a price the government decides is appropriate.


http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-30962996.html

I can see moonshine being on the increase after that!

[justfrank44]

Funnily enough , I think the dup were looking to bring in something similar in the north. Also we have the ban on gay men donating blood, kept in place by the dup, which is also in place in the south, the law regarding the payment for sex...........................Is it just me or is the dup trying to bring about a unitied Ireland by the back door? Sinn fein had better watch out

[SteveB]

Funnily enough , I think the dup were looking to bring in something similar in the north. Also we have the ban on gay men donating blood, kept in place by the dup, which is also in place in the south, the law regarding the payment for sex...........................Is it just me or is the dup trying to bring about a unitied Ireland by the back door? Sinn fein had better watch out

Quote, "Raises in many people's minds serious questions as to whether Edwin Poots has the ability to carry out his duties as health minister for all” -- Maeve McLaughlin Stormont health committee chairwoman
Raises in my mind serious questions as to whether any politicians have the ability to carry out their duties. But we voted for them.