Hotel group halts sale of cigarettes  

Inua Hospitality CEO Sean O’Driscoll made his comments after the Radisson Blu and Spa hotel at Limerick was convicted and fined €400 for the sale by a hotel staff member of tobacco products to a 14-year-old girl.

The HSE prosecution arose from where the HSE employed the 14-year-old ‘secret shopper’ on the date to test the Radisson Blu Hotel's compliance with the sale of tobacco legislation.

One of the country’s largest hotel groups has confirmed that it has ceased selling cigarettes and tobacco products across its 11 hotels.

CEO of the Cork-headquartered Inua Hospitality, Sean O’Driscoll, today confirmed the move, stating that it is “due to less consumer demand and also the less stress on personnel regarding their duties and application of the sale of tobacco legislation”.