Alcohol Action Ireland is calling on the Government to increase the annual charge on off-licences. The group says imposing a Social Responsibility levy would fund efforts to curb rising levels of alcohol consumption. Head of Communications and Advocacy with Alcohol Action Ireland, Eunan McKinney, outlines two measures they would like to get up and running. "We want to put in measures that would try to curb and delay that. "Secondly, we want to try and put in measures that would put additional funding into community-based alcohol treatment programmes."

Source: Evening echo September 05, 2018 05:48 UTC