Off-licence owners have expressed alarm at suggestions from the Government that it might row back on laws compelling retailers to separate alcohol from other products.
The National Off-Licence Association said indications the Government might back a beefed-up code of practice regarding the sale of alcohol was like "Groundhog Day".
Chairwoman Evelyn Jones said that in 2008, then justice minister Dermot Ahern deferred enactment of a law forcing compliance to allow the industry to implement a voluntary code of practice.
She said despite the view by the Government that the code had not worked, Justice Minister Alan Shatter was again considering not enacting section nine of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 and was instead considering a new, albeit stronger, code of practice.
Source: Cormac O’Keeffe, Irish Examiner 14/05/12
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