Sir, – So the Government is bringing in controls on the price at which alcohol can be sold. No doubt the “common good” will be invoked to justify this change in the law but the same common good is nowhere in earshot or sight when there is any mention of controls on the price of rents.
The free market works in mysterious ways. – Yours, etc,
JOHN SULLIVAN,
Rathmines, Dublin 6.
Sir, – One can only think that those most likely to benefit are publicans and supermarkets that would gladly avoid real competition. – Yours, etc,
DANNY RAFFERTY,
Dublin 5.
Sir, – There are only two occasions when I would write a letter to The Irish Times on the subject of alcohol prices. These occasions are when I am sober or when I am drunk.
Today is no exception. – Yours, etc,
DERMOT O’ROURKE,
Lucan,
Co Dublin.