Restaurant bills and teetotallers

Sir, – Stop paying the teetotal tax! The assumption that non-drinkers should subsidise the alcohol component of a group’s restaurant bill is yet another of our ingrained notions about drink.

A doctor complaining about a few euro extra on a bill? Yes, and a doctor complaining about our offensive relationship with alcohol in this country. Tiresome on both accounts, no doubt. – Yours, etc,

Dr MARIA MOY,

Letterkenny,

Co Donegal.