EU to consider barring Irish holidaymakers from buying cheap alcohol and cigarettes abroad The bloc is also said to be contemplating reducing the amount of tobacco and alcohol products that holidaymakers will be able to bring back with them from Member states. Updated S. Korea's whisky imports hit 21-year low in 2020 A customer browses imported whisky at a supermarket in Seoul on Feb. 2, 2021. South Korea's imports of whisky plunged to a 21-year low of US$132.5 million in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and a change in alcohol consumption. Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.