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A big increase in the sales of non-alcoholic beer sales in Ireland

If you are ‘participating’ in Dry January, you’ll probably be considering zero % alcohol drinks a bit more than you might otherwise do. According to Drinks Ireland, non-alcoholic beer sales in Ireland have more than tripled between 2017 and 2021, from 1.79 million to 5.55 million litres. But do they still taste rough? Also, there’s a brewing row with wine-making countries over plans in Ireland to label some wine bottles as potentially carcinogenic. All things for Cormac Healey from Drinks Ireland to discuss the morning. see more