IT looks like there’ll be no smoke and no fire at Fianna Fáil’s pow-wow in Sligo tomorrow as the party’s chief anti-smoking ban braves will be on distant plains.

Publicans have called for an urgent meeting with Minister for Health Micheal Martin to discuss his plans to ban smoking in pubs from next January.

Publicans and hoteliers are set to fight the decisions of the equality investigators as part of their battle to hold onto their right to refuse admission.