It is high time society took responsibility for a culture increasingly fuelled by drink.
So when will the tipping point come for greater personal responsibility in Irish society’s engagement with alcohol? Much public and media discourse this week has focused on how our legal system dealt with the case of the death of 26-year-old Graham Parish from acute alcohol intoxication.
As a society we’re looking to attribute blame. Judge Tom Teehan spoke of individual responsibility. Alcohol advocacy agencies talked about the need for greater government focus and the fast tracking of the Sale of Alcohol Bill to codify existing legislation, some of which dates back to the 1800s.
Source: Brian O'Connell, The Irish Times, 14/05/2011
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