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Galway TD hits out at plan to ban alcohol sports sponsorship
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway West TD Noel Grealish has called on the government not to proceed with a ban on alcohol sponsorship.
The Independent TD says the plan could have serious implications for many sporting organisations, events and festivals across the region.
The ban is one of the recommendations from the National Substance Misuse Strategy group to phase out drinks sponsorship by 2016.
Deputy Grealish says valuable events such as the Galway Races could be severely compromised.
He has now called for a rethink.
Meanwhile, the Health Minister says he stands very firmly in the belief that sponsorship of sport should be separated from alcohol.