Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has withdrawn a memo for Cabinet seeking to curtail the circumstances in which people can gather to drink alcohol. However, there was resistance from the Greens and Fine Gael at the Cabinet table, and it was decided there was not sufficient support for the measure to proceed. The memo envisaged a ban on two or more people meeting outdoors to drink takeaway alcohol. Dr Glynn criticised “a selfish minority” of people breaking public health rules by drinking in large numbers on city streets. A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said Dr Glynn said “hundreds or thousands”.

Source: The Irish Times November 17, 2020 12:01 UTC