Michael Healy-Rae last night blasted calls for safe drinking advice to be cut to one pint a week and said: 'Pull the other one.'
The Kerry TD and publican said it was “bloody ridiculous” after a doctor claimed current guides were excessive – and lowering them would slash heart disease, stroke and cancer.
Liver specialist Dr John Ryan urged health chiefs here to follow the lead of Canada where two standard-size drinks a week is deemed the safe limit.
