Government must come clean on whether it intends to defer mandatory alcohol warning labels

We call on Irish government to stay strong on alcohol warning labels | World Cancer Research Fund

The government of the Republic of Ireland must ensure that the planned introduction of alcohol health labels, in May 2026, which are mandated under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, come into force without delay. Dr Giota Mitrou, our Executive Director of Research and Policy, has written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD and Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, in support of Ireland’s forthcoming mandatory health warnings labels on alc…

Government must come clean on whether it intends to defer mandatory alcohol warning labels

Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney has called on the government to come clean on whether it plans to defer the introduction of mandatory alcohol warning labels, which are due to come into effect in May 2026. Deputy Gibney, who is the party’s spokesperson on enterprise, said: “All the indications are that the government intends to backslide on this important element of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, which the Tánaiste himself introduced as …