€3000 fine for pub with stuffy smoking room

A PUB in Cork has been given the maximum fine for allowing patrons to smoke in a substandard smoking room.

Gary Hyde, owner of The Castle Tavern, Riverstown, was fined €3,000 at Cork District Court and ordered to pay the Health Service Executive costs of €1,000 for a contravention of section 47 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002/2004.

Environmental health officers (EHOs) visited The Castle Tavern on August 27, 2006, and found a number of people smoking cigarettes in the enclosed smoking area of the premises.