Updated 1 Ireland is pushing for some of the most draconian alcohol retail laws in the EU to crack down on heavy drinking.
When Finland and Sweden joined the EU in 1995, one of the conditions was that the alcohol monopolies be broken up under Brussels competition rules.
The Supreme Court case of a New Brunswick man who loaded 14 cases of beer and three bottles of liquor into his car and drove home from Quebec has a wide range of businesses, organizations and associations across the country jostling to have a say at the hearing later this year.
It has emerged that the upcoming Public Health (Alcohol) Bill could block hairdressing salons and barbershops from offering free alcoholic drinks to customers in place of tea or coffee.
Reducing Australia's per-capita alcohol consumption by just one litre a year would drive a significant reduction in head, neck and liver cancer deaths.
TROUBLE IS BREWING in Leinster House with the government's announcement this week that it prioritising the controversial Public Health Alcohol Bill.
WA Health Minister Roger Cook has flagged the idea of a minimum floor price for alcohol to stop retailers selling bargain-basement grog to binge and hardened drinkers.
Facebook is testing a tool that lets people hide advertisements for alcohol.
The Zimbabwean government is planning to enact a law barring the sale of alcohol from Monday to Friday, some hours of the day and to expectant women, in order to curb abuse.
The new decree clearly says that sales of liquors without permits is illegal.