- The latest opponents of the new Intoxicating Liquor Bill are the country's sporting bodies. Under the terms of the Act, golf clubs, GAA clubs, rugby clubs, soccer clubs and others will no longer be permitted to make their premises available for wedding receptions and similar events unless the booking is made by a club member. When the Bill was being considered by an Oireachtas Committee a member of the Independent Liquor Licence Reform Group highlighted the anomaly where a restaurant will be able to serve wine and beer but not an Irish coffee. J.J. Bunyan argued that the two Vintner Associations had "their fingerprints all over" the Bill. Another member of the ILLRG said that while he could sell wine in his supermarket, if he wished to sell beer he would have to spend around IR130k on a pub licence.