Hurling club points way with e-cigarette ban

In what may be a first, a hurling club has banned the use of electronic cigarettes in its clubhouse.

Sarsfields GAA Club in Glanmire, Co Cork placed signs at the entrance to its bar warning patrons they are not permitted to use e-cigarettes in the main bar, or in the function room bar. The use of e-cigarettes, a notice said, was confined to a dedicated smoking area.

A number of semi-state bodies including Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus, and Bus Éireann have already banned the use of e-cigarettes but it’s believed Sarsfields may be the first hurling, or sporting, club in the country to do so.