Dublin City Council is planning to restrict the number of off-licences, following a trebling in the number of such premises in the region.
The council is also drawing up new by-laws which would allow gardaí to seize alcohol from anyone drinking in public.
A joint policing committee heard that the number of off-licences in the Dublin region has increased from 274 in 1996 to 863 last year.
Sinn Féin councillor Aenghus Ó Snodaigh said the recent attack on two Polish nationals highlighted the need for this measure.
It comes as a Dublin conference heard that alcohol consumption costs Europe €125bn every year in crime-related, health-related aand absenteeism costs.
As a region, Europe has the highest level of alcohol consumption in the world.
Alcohol abuse is one of the top ten killers across the EU. It plays a part in nearly 200,000 premature deaths in the EU every year.
The fifth annual Alcohol and Society Conference was addressed by Robert Madelin, the EU Commission's Director General for Health and Consumer Protection.
He says people are drinking more in isolated incidences.
Ireland ranks among the worst countries in Europe for binge drinking among teenagers. Among 15 to 16-year-old boys, 31% have reported binge drinking and the number is even higher among 15 to 16-year-old girls, at 33%.
Binge drinking is defined as having more than five drinks in a row, three times or more in the past month.
25% of Irish boys and 22% of Irish girls have been drunk at the age of 13 or younger.
It is a major worry that it is seen as 'normal' for young people to drink 10 to 15 drinks in one night, Mr Madelin says. 'We have to get to a situation where it's not cool to go out and get drunk.'
He says we need to re-educate people's thinking. The issue needs to be tackled both at EU-wide level through education and regulating alcohol advertising, and in each individual country through pricing and tax on alcohol, he said.
