Much as I find smoking not only injurious to my health and dislike it in its entirety.....I cannot see how Irish publicans are going to enforce this most fascinating piece of European legislature...most are chain smokers themselves...Do nothing to stop their clients drinking them into an early grave and destroying all possibility of a normal family life in front of their very own eyes..and have scant regard for the observence opening hours..a small smoking room needs to be provided that does not emit fumes into the rest of the bar as an intermidiate measure..Ireland is way behind other European countries in its widespread addiction to nicotine.. small children can be seen openly smoking on the street.and lets not mention alcahol dependemce...whole families seem to communaly drink themselves into the undertakers....I'm afraid blanket ban will just not work without widespread education of the dangers and perhaps the stronger use of stigmatisation of the suicidal habit of nicotine addiction and alcahol
dependency....I am London Irish myself and love a good drinking session myself occassionaly,I love Ireland,but am often disgusted by how so many people in the old countries blind addiction to these diabolical vices..