Remember when the Irish media wanted to ban Red Bull ?

Fair play.

It's the reason I insist on smoking in every pub I go into, and I still use leaded petrol in my car.

I am struggling to get smokey coal, so they may have got me on that one.

There is such misinformation spread about red bull. A can has the same caffeine in it as one coffee. ONE coffee. Lots of people drink multiple espressos all over the world every morning of their life, and it's fine of course. It's ridiculous, you'd think there was the caffeine of 100 coffees in a can the way some blow on about how 'unhealthy' they are

In fairness it's more the sugar I'd be concerned about. But there's too much sugar in tonnes of stuff we eat and drink.

I'm sure the incredibly smart lads at Red Bull were pushing the hysteria.

I remember the father asking me what I wanted to drink in a pub around the time, I was 15 I'd say, red bull new in pubs. Served in a brown glass bottle. He nearly hit the floor with the price of it, was near a pint price rather tham a coke price. He didn't buy me many after that!

All those disgusting high sugar, super high caffeine drinks should be banned anyway, everything about them is negative and it seems to be teenagers that mostly buy them.

The likes of Red Bull and Monster have over 300% more caffeine than a 500ml Coke and some others have 600% more! There's absolutely no justification for their existence.

I remember the Red Bull craze but I didn't know they tried to get the drink banned. I mainly just remember the funny ads that used to play on TV. Red Bull gives you Wiiings!

Can Jolt Cola still be got anywhere? Was a great 'cure' back in the day.

I seem to remember a teenager died playing basketball after they had a Redbull, think that was what all the fuss was about. Not sure if they were ever able to prove that it was the cause of death.

edit: found it

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/jury-calls-for-research-into-stimulant-drinks-1.1115757

@dramatik Same as when mushrooms were banned, all they need is media hysteria not evidence.

Fun fact: if you're sitting outside a pub having a pint and some stone cold sober eejit crashes their car into you, that goes into the stats as an "alcohol related accident" 🙄

Booze burkas, late opening, early closing, MUP - what next, rationing? They might as well make any form of enjoyment illegal.

I like some of the Monster drinks, for the slightly unusual taste rather than any buzz they might (or might not) give, whether that would come from caffeine, sugar, ginseng or taurine. And you'll never hear me say "I'm useless before my first Monster for the day!".

I know they're not healthy for you but I remember a colleague sent me a scaremongering article about them which stated (if you did the calculations) that you'd need to drink 23 litres of water to rehydrate fully after drinking one can of Monster. 🙄 And this colleague of mine had training in diet and nutrition!

Trying everything Joe Duffy talks about might not be a good way of making life decisions

It's an energy drink. It's an energy drink. And it's good for you. And it's good for me.