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Poll: Would you welcome 'smoking rooms' in Irish bars and restaurants?

Finian McGrath thinks it might work.

NEW JUNIOR HEALTH Minister Finian McGrath has suggested that designated smoking areas in bars and restaurants could work in Ireland.

In an interview with the Sunday Business Post, McGrath said that he’s ‘seen it work in other EU countries’. In Germany and Italy for example, premises owners can choose to provide separate rooms for smokers to light up in. 

Today’s question, Would you welcome ‘smoking rooms’ in Irish bars and restaurants?


Poll Results:

No (19922)
Yes (6321)
Don't know (567)

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    Mute Emer Daly
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    Nov 20th 2014, 3:28 PM

    Looks great. Will defo buy. Best of luck.

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    Mute paul burch
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    Nov 20th 2014, 3:52 PM

    Best of luck to the 2 women. Nice to see home grown products doing well

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    Mute Hugh Gordon-Rection
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    Nov 20th 2014, 4:15 PM

    i will buy, always have more butter than bread in my sandwiches and all my health indicators are good, margarine is for losers

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    Mute Richard Mccarthy
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    Nov 20th 2014, 2:58 PM

    Nice one ladies,garlic chilli and basil butter ,now I could buy that,just dont ask me to use butter in my coffee instead of cream that ive seen in the US, ugh.

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    Mute Jean Martin
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    Nov 20th 2014, 6:35 PM

    I went back to using real butter about a year ago. This happened after a friend told me to read the ingredients on the tubs that those spreads come in…..have a look, you’ll see why I stopped using the muck…..all chemicals with a touch of oil….

    Well done to the girls by the way.

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    Mute Mad Mike
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    Nov 20th 2014, 3:05 PM

    Improper butter? I thought this article was about Last Tango in Paris. Guess I was wrong.

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    Mute NoNeed4cryptoGreed
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    Nov 20th 2014, 3:40 PM

    Good idea and best of luck but who uses 1/2lb of garlic butter before its use by date

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    Mute Kitty Prendergast
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    Nov 20th 2014, 3:55 PM

    Me! :) nom nom! Butter is actually incredibly good for you – particularly in Ireland where our cows are grass fed. Buy butter! Buy IRISH butter! Yum! :)

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    Mute SeanieRyan
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    Nov 20th 2014, 5:57 PM

    Think it is targeted at cooking. Using it to make sauces more than a lump on the toast.

    Great idea and fair fecks to them..

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    Mute Jean Martin
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    Nov 20th 2014, 6:36 PM

    ‘use by dates’….load of nonsense…..did you know that Ballygown have a ‘use by date’ on their bottles of water……I’m serious…..A USE BY DATE ON WATER!

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    Mute Brigid Leahy Dunne
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    Nov 20th 2014, 11:21 PM

    800 years bottled just in time before it goes off next year.

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    Mute David
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    Nov 20th 2014, 6:43 PM

    I hate Butter always have since I was a wobbler even the smell makes me heave. Sour milk

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    Mute Seán O'Ceallaghan
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    Nov 20th 2014, 5:25 PM

    Sounds obese

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    Mute Meow
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    Nov 21st 2014, 12:50 PM

    Great idea. Love the packaging.

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