UCD students union have hit out at the Government’s introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol saying it imposes a heavier cost burden on students and those on low income. New minimum pricing laws for alcohol will come into effect in the first week of January next year. The legislation will mean a can of beer will cost €1.32 — and no less — when minimum unit pricing (MUP) is implemented. Earlier this week Evelyn Jones, a director of the National Off-Licence Association (NOffLA), said that her organisation would support MUP “wholeheartedly and in full”. She explained: “As a targeted alcohol pricing policy to ­control the retail of ultra-cheap alcohol products, it is important to remember that MUP will have no impact on the vast majority of alcohol products sold responsibly.

Source: Irish Independent May 07, 2021 11:37 UTC