Nanny state strikes again

[justfrank44]

I don't think this is being a 'nanny state', I think this is to stop people damaging their bodies would would in turn save the government thousands of euros in health costs. They aren't babysitting people, they are just saving money (and making more via taxation) by stopping people from pickling their internal organs and keeping the beds open for people that aren't self-inflicting illness upon themselves.

Funny though when you go to the likes of spain , portugal etc where the drink is cheap, the majority of people who are being drunken idiots are by and large the irish and the british. The locals do not seem to have the same problem, or at least to the same level as those tourists. maybe it is more about education than price. Raising the price or banning seem to almost encourage people to drink more rather than less.