Health officials are already working to set up a ban on cheap booze in anticipation of today's final ruling by the European Court of Justice on minimum pricing of alcohol.
The court is expected to favour the initial ruling delivered in September - which states minimum pricing can be legal, as long as governments show that no other measures will achieve the same public health benefits.
Speaking at the recent publication of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, Health Minister Leo Varadkar said officials were already preparing a case to support the introduction of minimum pricing, showing it is likely to reduce harmful drinking.
The European Court ruling follows a challenge by the Scottish Whisky Association to Scotland's plans to introduce minimum pricing.
Source: Irish Independent, 23/12/2015
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