20/10/2005
All day drinking plans 'wide of the mark'
Suggestions that 24 hour drinking plans will be included in plans by the Government to extend licensing hours for bars in Northern Ireland are "wide of the mark", Social Development Minister David Hanson has said.
The Minister said he was responding to media reports that a proposal to allow 24 hour drinking will be included in the package of proposals he is soon to publish. The Government review will see a wide range of issues put out for public consultation, including enforcement and health promotion.
"Media reports have suggested that a proposal to allow 24 hour drinking will be included in the package of proposals which I am publishing. While opening hours is one of the issues which will be included in the consultation document, speculation that I am considering 24 hour opening is very wide of the mark," the Minister said.
On Wednesday, a leading University of Ulster academic said the introduction of 24-hour drinking into Northern Ireland would be a "recipe for disaster".
Victor Robinson, a lecturer in the University’s School of Nursing, said he was "petrified" at the potential consequences for Northern Ireland if 24-hour drinking was introduced here.
(MB/SP)
The Minister said he was responding to media reports that a proposal to allow 24 hour drinking will be included in the package of proposals he is soon to publish. The Government review will see a wide range of issues put out for public consultation, including enforcement and health promotion.
"Media reports have suggested that a proposal to allow 24 hour drinking will be included in the package of proposals which I am publishing. While opening hours is one of the issues which will be included in the consultation document, speculation that I am considering 24 hour opening is very wide of the mark," the Minister said.
On Wednesday, a leading University of Ulster academic said the introduction of 24-hour drinking into Northern Ireland would be a "recipe for disaster".
Victor Robinson, a lecturer in the University’s School of Nursing, said he was "petrified" at the potential consequences for Northern Ireland if 24-hour drinking was introduced here.
(MB/SP)
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