 The amount of alcohol consumed at home in Ireland rose to 15% in 2016, according to the CSO. The proposed alcohol bill being discussed aims to set out a minimum pricing for alcohol in off-licenses and bars. The bill also proposes warning labels to be put on alcoholic packaging. Under the new rules, Dutch gold will cost a minimum of €1.58. Guinness will cost €1.66. A bottle of Smirnoff ice will rise to €20.71. An off-license worker said that the bill won't affect future sales as all retailers will be in the same boat and the habits of drinkers won't change. We spoke to students on campus on their thoughts. I think that it will probably drive more people to drugs because drugs are going to be cheap. Alcohol will probably be direct in drugs so it will probably go and do that. I'm from the United States and alcohol is a lot more expensive here compared to the United States. So we're already kind of like being careful with money on that front, I guess. It probably would, yeah. In fact, you'd probably end up pre-drinking a lot more and you wouldn't be going to the bar as much. The pub trade is probably gone. Yeah, it probably would affect my decision. I suppose people, especially students, don't have that much money to spend going out. So obviously if drink prices go up then probably less people will go out. Well, people still go out but probably not as often, I'd say. Speaking to the owner of New Bar, he said that the minimum pricing legislation would not affect a business as their prices would never go that low. He also said that the second part of the legislation which looks at putting warning labels on bottles and cans would not come into effect in New Bar as they would each have to put on the labels manually. Helen O'Neill, DCU TV News.