Ease of access to corridors of power in Ireland enables alcohol industry to drive harms and inequities in a political and economic system that privileges corporations at the expense of public health.

Alcohol Action Ireland has consistently highlighted the influence the alcohol industry wields on the corridors of power in Ireland, and now an original piece of academic research, ‘Assessing alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards: the International Alcohol Control Study’, reinforces our concerns. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, reveals worrying levels of alcohol industry penetration in the formulation of government alcohol policy in Ireland...