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Alcohol bill may include exemption for small shops

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, the junior health minister, said she will consider possible solutions after meeting backbench TDs last night.

Under Government plans, shops are set to be told they cannot sell alcohol alongside other products and must limit the sales and promotion to areas separate to where other products are sold. The move is part of wider attempts to reduce the negative impact of alcohol.

Ms Corcoran Kennedy gave a presentation to Fine Gael TDs at their weekly parliamentary party meeting last night.

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Source: Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, The Irish Examiner, 17/11/16 

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