Minimum pricing for alcohol to be enforced from January 2022
Measures signed off by Cabinet mean alcohol will not be available at ‘pocket-money prices’
Tue, May 4, 2021, 18:20
Minimum pricing for alcohol will be brought in from January 2022 under plans signed off on by Cabinet on Tuesday.
The Government decided to press ahead with the plan despite fears among retailers that it would send bargain shoppers over the Border in the absence of minimum unit pricing there.
Efforts to bring in similar measures in Northern Ireland are not expected to begin until mid-2022 at the earliest.
There has been resistance to the measure from the drinks industry, retailers and some Border TDs.