The 1988 acquisition of Irish Distillers Ltd (IDL) by Pernod Ricard is the great drinks industry acquisition that almost never happened. As the story goes, the French company – then a fraction of the size of today’s colossus – originally only wanted a small slice of the Irish whiskey pie.
UK watchdog bans Au Vodka ads over under-18 breaches
The case centred on a TikTok video and two paid Facebook posts.
Shivam Mishra September 24 2025









