Softening the cough of a smoking objector

EWAN DUFFY (Irish Examiner letters, April 27) has spotted yet another disgusting smoker in what he describes as an “enclosed” rail station.

Softening the cough of a smoking objector

One presumes the ever vigilant Mr Duffy would consider Heuston station, the nation’s largest, to be enclosed - with a ceiling over 120 feet above, a giant gorge open at one end that allows a stiff east wind and ten rail tracks through, and an open space to accommodate double-decker buses at the other.

One wonders if, in his vigilance, he ever considers his fellow smoking passengers who, in deference to him, must refrain from smoking for a train journey that can take up to three hours.

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