Vintners call for ban on sale of tobacco

The Vintners Federation of Ireland is claiming that pub owners won't be able to enforce the smoking ban and that the Government should ban the sale of tobacco in Ireland instead.

Publicans claim they can't subscribe to a law that fines them "for the misdoings of others" and want the Government to remove responsibility for enforcement of the ban from them.

However, Chief Executive of the Vintners Federation Tadhg O'Sullivan, said their concerns are falling on deaf ears.