On the 20th anniversary of Ireland’s smoking ban, experts reflect on the society that facilitated the huge shift.
, 2004, under then-Minister for Health Micheál Martin following prolonged debates about the right to smoke in public spaces.said Irish society defied expectations the ban would be ineffective.“Ireland had woken up,” he said. “At the time it was the Celtic Tiger and there was a kind of can-do feeling about it.
Micheal Martin Fianna Fail Minister for Health at the announcement of the commencement date for the smoke-free workplace regulations 18/2/2004. Image: RollingNews.ie Vinters’ Federation of Ireland CEO Pat Crotty, a former publican, said running a pub before the smoking ban was a much smellier affair. “To go back to a point that Luke made, I think at the time in 2004 when we had the Celtic Tiger – Ireland for the first time in my life, I remember thinking maybe we're not such a kind of backwards, inward facing country,” she said.
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