All-island smokey coal ban could save 2,000 lives, says society

Almost 2,000 lives could be saved every year with an all-island smokey coal ban, the Asthma Society of Ireland has claimed.

A survey of its members has found one in five had an asthma attack triggered by smoke from a coal fire.

The society points out that more than 8,200 lives had been saved since the Dublin smokey coal ban was introduced 14 years ago.