Pub smoking ban will not proceed, say vintners
Describing the smoking ban as unenforceable and unpoliceable, Vintners Federation of Ireland chief executive Tadg O’Sullivan said a compromise arrangement will be struck with the Minister for Health Micheál Martin.
But as publicans gear up to fight the ban, Mr Martin insists he is pressing ahead with his plans to ban smoking in all workplaces, including pubs, to prevent deaths from passive smoking.
