Seanad debates

Thursday, 24 October 2002

I could not agree more with the Minister's comments on drink related violence. For years I have been warning this House about the development of these enormous hangars in the centre of Dublin. In the old days a Dublin pub had something special about it. One went out, had one's pint or short in a pub and held a conversation. Now one cannot hear a damn word. The whole idea is to push as much drink as possible. The drink companies have no conscience. They are drug peddlers and we should investigate them. They are not even Irish any more. We used to have Uncle Arthur who had a social conscience. Our companies have been gobbled up by multinationals whose target is to increase sales year after year. In the past couple of years, consumption has increased by 50%.

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