Ian O’Doherty: Why can’t the nanny state leave the Irish public alone to enjoy a pint in peace?
The fun police are interfering in Irish drinking habits again
Ian O'Doherty
They just never stop, do they? The nanny-staters. Those do-gooders. The busy-bodies. The people in positions of power and influence who seem to spend their entire waking lives trying to come up with new ways to scold and lecture us, the little people.
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