Fine Gael MEP and former GAA President Seán Kelly has claimed that the banning of alcohol sponsorship of major sporting events is based on opinion rather than evidence.
He told RTÉ Radio this morning that the effects of such a ban could be negative in the long term.
Kelly was responding to a Sunday Times report at the weekend that the government is to hear revised proposals from the junior health minister Alex White which will ban alcohol sponsorship of sporting events from 2020, however arts and cultural events will be excluded.
Speaking to Morning Ireland, Kelly claimed that there had been a 17 per cent increase in alcohol abuse among young people in France where a ban on alcohol sponsorship of sport was introduced in the 90s.
Source: Hugh O'Connell, thejournal.ie, 04/06/13
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