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Lobbying on alcohol bill likened to ‘David vs Goliath’

Leading public health figures have told this newspaper they have serious concerns about the “unprecedented” level of lobbying by the alcohol industry against the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill.

“The industry has the upper hand and they seem to have a lot of willing ears in Leinster House,” Prof Joe Barry, Chair of Population Health Medicine at the Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, told the Medical Independent (MI).

“This is completely David versus Goliath. They are big corporations with huge profits.”

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Source: Irish Independent, 31/02/2017

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