As Leaving Cert results are released – the €2-a-drink backlash begins

As many students await their leaving certificate results in the morning, many pubs and nightclubs are facing backlash as they promote shockingly cheap alcohol deals.

With prices as low as €2 for shots, venues are proudly advertising their results night events boasting the good value.

With alcohol awareness charities highlighting the dangers of such deals because of the ever growing pre-drinking culture in Ireland, they are asking venues to be vigilant when it comes to admitting underage teens.

Some of those venues include Wrights Café Bar in Malahide which is advertising €2 drinks on the night as well as Dicey’s Garden on Harcourt Street which defends its low prices by saying they always do cheap drinks on Wednesdays.

Alcohol Action Ireland has criticised this type of advertisement saying that it is a bad example for young people.

"These cheap promotions are really just irresponsible. They're targeting young people and promoting exactly the type of drinking that puts them in danger," they told The Independent. 

"It's very easy for the message 'drink responsibly' to be drowned out by all these promotions and adverts encouraging students to binge drink.”

"No one is saying that these young people don't deserve to let off some steam after what's been a very stressful period. But as we know with events like these – and, honestly, every weekend – a lot of young Irish people come to harm because of alcohol.

"This week is an emotional time for children, and especially if they didn't do as well as they wanted, so throwing alcohol into the mix wouldn't help matters."