The Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 in Ireland has been hailed as a world-leading package of alcohol policy reforms. Existing studies have identified the events that led to alcohol emerging onto the high-level policy agenda in Ireland, particularly after 2009. Using policy feedback theory, this study specifically investigates the political consequences of accumulating alcohol-related health and social harms for processes of policy change prior to 2009.

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一场酝酿已久的危机：爱尔兰重大酒类政策变化的历史前因

爱尔兰的《2018 年公共卫生（酒精）法案》被誉为世界领先的酒精政策改革方案。现有研究已经确定了导致酒精问题出现在爱尔兰高层政策议程上的事件，特别是在 2009 年之后。这项研究使用政策反馈理论，专门调查了积累酒精相关健康和社会危害对政策过程的政治后果2009 年之前的变化。