<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by JAP:
dnw,
You can visit Ireland after March 29th - we will have a smoking ban in all public indoor locations and all places of work ...
As a non-smoker, this is excellent news, particularly when eating lunch / dinner and not having to deal with cigar(/ette) smoke from the inconsiderate few ...
Incidentally, there are particularly emotional arguments ongoing all over the country at the moment, especially from the Bar Owners who claim that there will be wholesale job losses from all the punters who stay away from the smoke-free pubs !!!
Anyway, should be interesting ..
John P. </font>
Im originally from Ireland and I visit on a regualar basis, this new law interests me a lot. In the pubs that I usually frequent over there I can see this law being ignored by one and all, im wondering how they are going to be enforcing this new law, especially in the more rural areas. As you say, should be interesting.