The Government has urged its European counterparts to ban alcohol advertising, telling a seminar in Brussels that children must be protected from an industry whose “primary interest is growing its markets and maximising profits”.
In a criticism of the alcohol industry, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Minister of State at the Department of Health, said alcohol was a “prominent factor in cases of crime, suicide, and mental illness”.
She argued that the most effective response to alcohol marketing would be “a comprehensive ban on alcohol advertising, promotion and sponsorship”.
She told attendees, including EU commissioner for health and food Vytenis Andriukaitis, that the industry “should have no role in formatting public health policy in relation to alcohol”.
Source: Tim O'Brien,The Irish Times, 08/06/17
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