Irish Government 2/1 to push legal age of drinking to 21 Visit Paddy Power Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 23 Nov 2011 Tweet Irish Government 2/1 to make legal drinking age 21 (credit: Wikipedia) Related Articles See all Irish Political Betting news Share it Pin It Paddy Power have opened betting on whether or not the Irish Government will bring in new legislation which would see the legal age of drinking in Ireland pushed out from 18 to 21.Monday night’s Frontline debate, as well as recent calls from Cork North Central TD, Dara Murphy, for the Government to consider raising the legal age for the purchase of alcohol spirits in Ireland, has prompted Paddy Power to open betting.It’s short odds of just 2/1 with Paddy Power that the legal drinking age in Ireland will be nudged out to twenty-one before the end of 2015. This bet applies to either the purchase of spirits only or all alcohol beverages overall.But, while such a move might be some while off yet, the same cannot be said for future increases on the cost of alcohol in Ireland. Paddy Power are betting that there’ll be significant increas es in the forthcoming budget. It’s just 13/8 that spirits will be raised by 26c to 50c, 5/2 that the price of a pint will increase by between 4c and 6c and 2/1 that an extra 41-60c will be added to a standard bottle of wine. It’s also just 4/5 that a minimum price will be introduced on the sale of drink in supermarkets by the end of 2013. Spokesperson Sharon McHugh told Bettingpro.com: “This budget is guaranteed to raise spirits, unfortunately not in the way we’d like though.“It looks like drink will be hit once more but could Ireland go one step further and sign off on raising the drinking age?”Latest Paddy Power odds:Raise the age?2/1 Ireland’s legal drinking age to be raised to twenty-one before the end of 2015 (applies to spirits only or all alcoholic beverages overall)Hit the shops 4/5 A minimum price to be introduced on alcohol in supe rmarkets before the end of 2013Budget Increases How much will spirits go up by? (per half glass)10/1 No Change13/8 1 to 25c13/8 26 to 50c 7/4 51 to 75c 7/1 75 to 99c 8/1 €1 or moreHow much will wines go up by? (per standard bottle) 6/1 No Change 4/1 1 to 20c 5/2 21 to 40c 2/1 41 to 60c 9/4 More than 60cHow much beer go up by? (per pint) 5/1 No Change 7/2 1 to 3c 5/2 4 to 6c11/4 ; 7 to 9c 5/1 10 to 12c 8/1 13 to 15c 8/1 More than 15c Read our Paddy Power review Get your £250 free bet at Paddypower Like Like Post to wall 195 Reads All Political Betting News Recent Political Betting Articles Ireland to ditch the Euro?07 Dec 2011Ireland could be forced to the polls in 2012 to hold a referendum about ditching the Euro and it is Irish General Election betting - Fianna Fail now joint favourites06 Dec 2011Fianna Fail have gained support after an unpopular budget from Fine Gael Minister for Finance Micha Irish Government 2/1 to push legal age of drinking to 2124 Nov 2011Paddy Power have opened betting on whether or not the Irish Government will bring in new legislatio Michael D Higgins 5/2 to make South Africa the First State Visit01 Nov 2011Michael D Higgins is the new Irish President and he looks set to visit either South Africa, Britain Next Irish President - bookies pay out!28 Oct 2011Bookies Paddy Power this evening paid out over €350,000 to punters who backed Michael D Higgins to Irish government to sell Aer Lingus to Etihad Airways?17 Oct 2011The Irish government's shares in Aer Lingus look set to be the first state asset to be sold to furn More Stories Recent Articles The Ladbrokes Promotion Code 2012/2013 is MAXIMUMBONUS (£50 free bet)26 May 2012Ladbrokes launches MAXIMUMBONUS promotion codes for all new accounts Ladbrokes Mobile Promotion Code MAX gets you a £75 free bet26 May 2012Ladbrokes have a special mobile promotion code which means new customers get a free £75 bet when th Dalian Shide v Liaoning Hongyun live stream preview26 May 2012Tenth plays host to eighth in the Chinese Super League on Sunday with Dalian Shide taking on Liaoni Monaco Grand Prix Betting – Webber on pole after Schumacher demoted26 May 2012Red Bull’s Mark Webber is the 13-8 favourite with Coral bookmakers for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Changsha Ginde v Changchun Yatai live stream preview26 May 2012The Chinese Super League continues on Sunday with Changsha Ginde looking to improve their chances o Norway v England - Wayne Rooney rested by Roy Hodgson26 May 2012Wayne Rooney will not be involved when England visit Norway for the first of their two Euro 2012 wa More Stories Tags
