- Title: IRELAND: SMOKING BAN IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS TAKE EFFECT
- Date: 28th March 2004
- Summary: (U7)DUBLIN, IRELAND (MARCH 28, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SV/SLV/MCU/CU VARIOUS DUBLIN CITY CENTRE/SMOKING IN STREET (7 SHOTS) 0.42 (W4)DUBLIN, IRELAND (MARCH 28, 2004) (REUTERS) 2. SLV/SV/CU VARIOUS BAR ON LAST NIGHT OF SMOKING; PEOPLE SMOKING (9 SHOTS) 1.26 (U7)DUBLIN, IRELAND (MARCH 29, 2004) (REUTERS) 3. SLV/SV VARIOUS SAME BAR AT LUNCHTIME ON FIRST DAY OF NON-SMOKING (4 SHOTS) 1.51 4. MCU (English) BARMAN BARRY CURRID SAYING: "I don't think there was sufficient debate at all. I think we have a mandate from a government that wants to bring in a smoking ban, that wants to be the first country to bring it in in the European Union because it coincides with our presidency of the European Union. And I think that our minister for health has taken on this smoking ban and disregarded a lot of other health issues because it's publicity." 2.17 5. MCU (English) JOHN KING SAYING: "Just have to go outside, you know, hail rain or snow, go outside first. Then again it...the longer it comes in I might cut down or give them up." 2.29 6. SV CUSTOMER PAT WHITTLE AND COMPANION 2.34 7. MCU (English) WHITTLE SAYING: "It's an Irish culture is to relax and socialise in pubs, that's basically it, and uh, I think that they just have made, just stepped a little bit too far." 2.47 8. MCU OLD MAN IN PUB 2.54 9. SLV SMOKING BUS AT PUB IN HILLS OUTSIDE DUBLIN 3.01 10. SV EXTERIOR PUB 3.10 11. MCU (English) PUB OWNER TONY McMAHON SAYING: "It is legal. What makes it legal is that none of our staff are allowed in to clean the bus, so that doesn't make it legal..but the problem..but that then is up to me as the owner of the pub I can do that and that is my job now from now on so the staff are having great fun out of this...the owner has to clean the bus to make it legal." 3.33 12. CU/SV SMOKING BUS (4 SHOTS) 3.55 13. MCU/SV SMOKERS OUTSIDE PUB (3 SHOTS) 4.12 14. CU FULL ASHTRAY IN EMBPTY BUS 4.22 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: DUBLIN, IRELAND
- Country: Ireland
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- Story Text: The Irish woke to a new dawn on Monday as the
smoking ban in restaurants and bars took effect.
On the first day of a total non-smoking ban in all
buildings in Ireland on Monday (March 29), the few
customers in one bar which had been smoke-filled a few
hours earlier were obeying the laws. Some Dubliners,
however, were not in complete agreement with the ban.
"I don't think there was sufficient debate at all. I
think we have a mandate from a government that wants to
bring in a smoking ban, that wants to be the first country
to bring it in in the European Union because it coincides
with our presidency of the European Union. And I think that
our minister for health has taken on this smoking ban and
disregarded a lot of other health issues because it's
publicity," said barman Barry Currid.
Smoker John King was resigned to his fate.
"Just have to go outside, you know, hail rain or snow,
go outside first. Then again it I might cut down or give
them up," he said.
Some thought the ban too drastic.
"It's an Irish culture to relax and socialise in pubsI
think that they just have stepped a little bit too far,"
said non-smoker Pat Whittle.
One publican had an original idea to circumvent the
law. A double-decker bus parked in his car-park.
Said Tony McMahon: "It is legal. What makes it legal is
that none of our staff are allowed in to clean the bus that
is my job now from now on so the staff are having great fun
out of thisthe owner has to clean the bus to make it
legal."
However, with the weather warming up smokers preferred
to indulge their habits outside, rather than use the bus.
Maybe this will change when winter returns.
So far, the new regime has come in smoothly. Time will
tell if it will last.
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