A can of beer will cost a minimum of 1-euro-95 under new legislation announced today.

Health minister Leo Varadkar has published laws which set a minimum price for each unit of alcohol.

A bottle of wine will cost around 8.60, while a bottle of supermarket own brand vodka could more than double in price from 13 to 28 euro.

Minister Varadkar says he's not cancelling Christmas, and that the legislation will be life-saving and reduce admissions to A and E's:

The group representing Ireland's pubs says it's not concerned about the impact of minimum prices on alcohol.

Padraig Cribben of the Vintners Federation of Ireland says pubs have already become more competitive - and the minimum prices are more likely to affect off-licences but not pubs: