Pearse Doherty said minors are buying alcohol on delivery apps and websites where age-verification is often not adequately enforced. Mr Doherty said some of these services use ‘tick-the-box’ age verification whereby the person can simply say they are 18 or older. Some delivery services check the person’s ID when they drop off the alcohol but this doesn’t always happen, he said. He said that when a delivery driver arrives at a house with an alcohol order which is already paid for, a young person may answer the door. “There could be intoxication already, there could be a safety issue,” Mr Doherty said.
