Smoking ban is act of police state, says Cregan

ANOTHER Fianna Fáil TD has broken ranks with the leadership on the smoking ban.

Smoking ban is act of police state, says Cregan

FF's poll-topper in Limerick West, John Cregan said: "Rightly or wrongly, this ban is perceived by the public as a police state action, and we have to listen to the public. "I fully support what the minister for health is trying to achieve, but head-on confrontation is not the way to do it.

"As far as I can tell, every backbencher in the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party is taking the same view," he said.

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