The online reaction to the increase in the minimum price for drink sales in Ireland

Most people aren't too happy about this.

Drinking at home is going to be a lot more expensive after Health Minister Leo Varadkar was yesterday granted approval for the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015. Read the full story here. The cheapest you'll be able to get a standard bottle of wine will be €7.20 and the minimum for a can of beer will be €1.80. The reaction from the JOE community and beyond online has been pretty one-sided.

@JOEdotie Absolutely ridiculous! As if students aren't poor enough already. — King Charles (@KingCharlesFred) February 4, 2015

@JOEdotie gone are the days of 79c cans of Galahad — Galalad (@MisterFaptastic) February 4, 2015

@JOEdotie So my plans to shower in cheap #beer when the #watercharges come in have been scuppered!!! :-@ http://t.co/wyUDBHaNvV — Brian Byrne⚽ (@brianbyrne1) February 4, 2015

Oh, the rage about higher drink prices! Just drink less, people! — Alistair (@Al_toMyFriends) February 4, 2015

@JOEdotie the moderate drinkers are the big losers here all because a minority can't control their drinking.. — Peter Golden (@Blessoboy) February 4, 2015

Hospital a&e overcrowding and overworked staff yet all Leo Varadkar is concerned about is upping prices of drink, priorities are all wrong! — ♡ lisa ♡ (@LisaOleary_) February 4, 2015

Putting up drink prices. Good move if you want the middle classes to stay the same and the lower ones to buy counterfeit drink. #stupid — Daniel McFarlane (@WinoMcFarlane) February 4, 2015

Don't really care about paying more for drink but thinking it's higher prices we need when we already have some of the highest is a joke. — Ultan O'Connell (@Mangoverboard) February 4, 2015