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23rd December 2021
01:53pm GMT

The cheapest pint would now rise to €1.98 while a 750ml bottle of wine with an alcohol proof of 12.5% and lower will rise in price from around €5 to €7.40.
There will be a 35c rise for wine with a higher alcohol percentage.
When it comes to spirits, drinks with a higher alcohol percentage will see the biggest jump in prices, with a 700ml bottle of gin or vodka sold in supermarkets so to cost at least €20.71 and €22.09 for whiskey.
Research from the HSE from 2019 shows that on average, every person in Ireland aged over 15 had drunk 10.8 litres of alcohol each year.
In real terms, this is the equivalent of either 40 bottles of vodka, 113 bottles of wine or 436 pints of beer.
The aim of rising alcohol prices is to have fewer alcohol-related deaths and hospital admissions, hoping to reduce deaths by 200 and hospitalisations by 6,000 each year.
Research carried out by the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group found that when this is implemented, alcohol consumption is expected to reduce by almost 9% overall.
Heavy drinkers are expected to reduce their consumption by 15%, while those who drink less are now expected to reduce it by 3%.Explore more on these topics: