More than 75 health, social and community organisations, academics and advocates have come together to voice strong opposition to the mooted ‘re-examination’ of Ireland’s world leading health information labels for alcohol products.

The open letter to An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, as well as Chief Medical Officer Prof Mary Horgan, is an urgent call for government to ensure that the planned introduction, in May 2026, of Ireland’s regulations on health information labelling of alcohol products is not derailed or delayed by alcohol industry lobbying. These labels will ensure that consumers are given the facts about some of the risks from alcohol including risks in pregnancy, links with fatal cancers and with liver disease...