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'Two of my friends met in the smoking area' - What changed after the smoking ban in 2004?

It's the 20th anniversary of the Smoking ban, and with that came the smoking section. Henry McKea...

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16.55 28 Mar 2024


'Two of my friends met in the smoking area' - What changed after the smoking ban in 2004?


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16.55 28 Mar 2024


It's the 20th anniversary of the Smoking ban, and with that came the smoking section. Henry McKean spent some time looking at how you could meet a lover over a cigarette, the vibe and how they have developed into constructions, sometimes costing hundreds of thousands of euro to build. Henry McKean visited the iconic traditional pub and smoking section, O'Donoghues Pub on Merrion Row in Dublin. He sent this report...


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