Smoking Ban

Smoking Ban in Full Force

By Louise Carroll, Contributor
June / July 2004

June 1, 2004 by By Louise Carroll, Contributor<br/><a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2004-archive/june-july-2004/”>June / July 2004</a> Leave a Comment

On March 29, 2004 Ireland became the first country in the European Union to ban smoking in workplaces, including all restaurants and pubs. Although some smokers and the Irish Vintners Federation, a trade group representing pub owners, had opposed the ban, it has taken effect and largely been obeyed by patrons. Even in rural pubs, customers are taking the law seriously, which … [Read more...] about Smoking Ban in Full Force

Ireland’s New Drinking
& Smoking Laws

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2003

October 1, 2003 by </a> By Irish America Staff<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2003-archive/october-november-2003/">October / November 2003</a> Leave a Comment

On January 1, Ireland is expected to become the first European country to ban smoking in pubs. Given that smoking and drinking are cherished traditions in the old sod, pundits are betting that it won't happen. Minister for Health Micheál Martin, who proposed the new smoking rule, is facing increasing ire, not just from the public. Ireland's environment minister Martin Cullen is … [Read more...] about Ireland’s New Drinking
& Smoking Laws

September 27, 2000

Thirty-three years after the 1967 film adaptation of James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses was released, Ireland finally decided to lift the ban on the film. Many consider Joyce’s great novel to be “unfilmable.” However, Joseph Strick, an idealistic American director, decided to take up the project. His adaptation, much like the book, drew much controversy. Many scenes were cut at its screening at the Cannes Film Festival. In Ireland, film censors unilaterally banned the film saying that it was “subversive to public morality.” Ulysses was the second film to have the ban lifted, following Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in 1999.

Smoking Ban in Full Force

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