Posted on 27/03/04
Rebellion hangs in air over Ireland's smoking ban
DUBLIN -- Ireland is about to ban tobacco from workplaces, but rebellion hangs heavy in the air -- particularly in that smokiest of places, the pub."I won't be enforcing it, and I won't be telling my staff to enforce it, simple as that," pub owner Danny Healy-Rae said of the ban, which takes effect Monday. The law applies to any enclosed workspace: more than 10,000 pubs, as well as billiard halls, private clubs, home offices, even a lone trucker's cab.
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