An Ennis-based addiction counsellor doesn't believe there's political will to change the drinks culture in this country.
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It comes as Senators are today debating what's being described as one of the most important pieces of legislation to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas in the term of the current Government.
The Public Health Alcohol Bill proposes the introduction of a number of controls on the price, availability and advertising of alcohol.
Retailers have lobbied Senators intensively saying they don't have the facilities to separate alcohol from other goods but Team leader at Bushypark in Ennis, Gerry Murphy believes that's not a plausible argument:
