[shillelagh]

Ok here goes. I smoke and i went to Dublin last year for the weekend. I preferred the pubs being non smoking. If you wanted a ciggie you went outside and some of the pubs had smoking areas with patio heaters and parasols outside well one had a smoking area on the roof! I didnt smoke as many cigs because i went in January and it was flipping freezing! When i was there though i was talking to some people and they told me that the smoking ban was policed in Dublin but if you went out into the countryside and the little pubs and bars you could still smoke in them well the ones that were still open that is. A lot of pubs and bars went under because of the smoking ban. Wonder if thats going to happen here? I've been out tonight though and i couldnt smoke in the pub i was in there was notices on the bar no smoking and so i went outside.