Twenty-four businesses were prosecuted last year for allowing smokers to light up on their premises, a report revealed today.

TWO out of five shops and two out of three licensed premises are still willing to sell cigarettes to children, new research shows.

Economic success brings with it challenges to environmental health, a major conference in Dublin was told today.

THE smoking ban will be rigorously policed from next Monday, environmental health officers warned yesterday.

WE in the Environmental Health Officers Association are disappointed with the stance taken by Martin Cullen and other elected representatives on the proposed ban on smoking in the workplace.