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The bag tax	VAT increase postpones the hard choices	Courtney’s Centra takes the gold	Minimum pricing for alcohol legislation could be imminent

While Dunnes Stores is embroiled in a High Court case about unpaid plastic bag levies, Colette O’ Connor takes a look at what this levy has actually achieved	The new increased VAT rate will not solve the government’s financial difficulties but will merely further affect consumer confidence, writes Dan White	Lil Courtney’s store in Fairview Dublin was this year’s winner of the Platinum ShelfLife C-Store Award	Róisín Shortall, Minister of State at the Department of Health, believes supermarkets and off-licences should sell alcohol for above the cost price plus taxes and excise
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