You wise people.

CavanCrew

Have an exam in an hour, need to find this out.

when the smoking ban first came in in ireland, was there general uproar? or did they all settle down after a couple of weeks and accept it?

SPANX.

The King of Moo

There was that riot on O'Connell street when it was announced, and the protest where people went into the Dáil and started smoking.

They're the two things I remember most: make sure to mention those.

AnonoBoy

CavanCrew wrote: »

Have an exam in an hour, need to find this out.

when the smoking ban first came in in ireland, was there general uproar? or did they all settle down after a couple of weeks and accept it?

SPANX.

There was about 23 health inspectors gutted and strung up from the rafters of pubs in Dublin as far as a I remember.

BunShopVoyeur

People were raped.

Lando Griffin

Think of it logicially; if someone took away your comfort zone what would you think? If someone was hell bent on taking away your livelihood how would you feel. I think you know the answer now.

CavanCrew

HAR HAR HAR.

ChunkyLover_53

Also the famous serial killer who appeared around that time Jack the Passive Smoker

He'd blow smoke into people faces while they slept on Nitelinks

He was never caught. I don't think he was very successful though. Be sure to mention it.

Sindri

CavanCrew wrote: »

HAR HAR HAR.

Do you not know what you're laughing at?

Anyone

The smoking ban showed everyone that the average pub dweller is one smelly bástard. That and people fart in pubs...a lot.

Doyler92

CavanCrew wrote: »

Have an exam in an hour, need to find this out.

when the smoking ban first came in in ireland, was there general uproar? or did they all settle down after a couple of weeks and accept it?

SPANX.

What on gods earth is your exam about?

ChunkyLover_53

There was uproar as people realised the smell of smoke in the pubs had been masking the smell of fart for years.

CavanCrew

Sindri wrote: »

Do you not know what you're laughing at?

No just confused as to why i named this thread " you wise people "

The King of Moo

CavanCrew wrote: »

No just confused as to why i named this thread " you wise people "

I'm confused as to why you're looking for information here instead of using Google.

Born to Die

Everybody bought 20 packs and stood united in the pub puffing them like chimney's as the clock ticked around to 12 and the law came in to force. As soon as the clock chimed 12 everyone stubbed out their cigarette, hugged each other and quietly moved to the smoking area.

Conformance, the Irish way.

CavanCrew

Doyler92 wrote: »

What on gods earth is your exam about?

the state and the individual from the area of health.

power of the state blah blah blah blah
how ireland are quite compliant.

CavanCrew

The King of Moo wrote: »

I'm confused as to why you're looking for information here instead of using Google.

there is nothing on google on peoples opinions. Just HSE guidelines and I was 13 at the time, so i dont remember.

ChunkyLover_53

CavanCrew wrote: »

the state and the individual from the area of health.

power of the state blah blah blah blah
how ireland are quite compliant.

Just write that, you'll be fine.

looksee

No, on the whole there was not. Few minor objections but mostly it was surprisingly quiet.

Born to Die

CavanCrew wrote: »

there is nothing on google on peoples opinions. Just HSE guidelines and I was 13 at the time, so i dont remember.

13 is a bad age to have to leave the pub and go outside to smoke. Good chance your parents will see you.

CavanCrew

looksee wrote: »

No, on the whole there was not. Few minor objections but mostly it was surprisingly quiet.

Thank God, a decent reply.
That is what i thought as there is no literature on it.

Sindri

People made stupid arguments about how it was stupid.

Others just didn't care and continued smoking in pubs.

Anyone

It was introduced during the summer as well, so most people complied. The biggest outrage was from publicans. It contributed to the closure of a lot of pubs.

The King of Moo

CavanCrew wrote: »

there is nothing on google on peoples opinions. Just HSE guidelines and I was 13 at the time, so i dont remember.

Jesus, you young people really don't study like we used to.

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Mixed-reaction-to-Ireland-s-smoking-ban

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3565899.stm

http://www.imn.ie/view/32-clinical-news/3578-the-smoking-ban-seven-years-on

That's after about thirty seconds of searching.

Jimmy Iovine

CavanCrew wrote: »

Have an exam in an hour, need to find this out.

when the smoking ban first came in in ireland, was there general uproar? or did they all settle down after a couple of weeks and accept it?

SPANX.

It was worse than the Roy Keane/Saipan incident.

People set fire to pubs all over the country, with the pub owners and their families sleeping inside. Sometime they woke the owners up, other times they didn't. It all depended on how good the quality of Guinness was in there. Poor and they died, great and they lived.

Micheál Martin's house was burnt to the ground. When he found a new one that was burnt as well. That process continued for about 6 months until he moved to Afghanistan.

CavanCrew

The King of Moo wrote: »

Jesus, you young people really don't study like we used to.

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Mixed-reaction-to-Ireland-s-smoking-ban

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3565899.stm

http://www.imn.ie/view/32-clinical-news/3578-the-smoking-ban-seven-years-on

That's after about thirty seconds of searching.

ooo helpful, thanks. Il bring in the fact they want to ban it in public parks now too.

CavanCrew

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

It was worse than the Roy Keane/Saipan incident.

People set fire to pubs all over the country, with the pub owners and their families sleeping inside. Sometime they woke the owners up, other times they didn't. It all depended on how good the quality of Guinness was in there. Poor and they died, great and they lived.

Micheál Martin's house was burnt to the ground. When he found a new one that was burnt as well. That process continued for about 6 months until he moved to Afghanistan.

If im ever writing fiction i will give you a call.

Gummy Panda

There was riots. Some protested on O'Connell street but they were fired upon by an army helicopter pilot.

This pilot, Ben Ruchards, was later sentenced to life imprisonment but escaped. When he was re-captured, the networks paid large money for him to star in a violent tv show. I think it was called the running man.

Long story short, some of the show's crew had to split during production

Deus Ex Machina

Some people pointed towards the free market, a beautiful, natural phenomenon which, if trusted, solves most of these problems, and said fuck dudes, why didn't we use that instead of bringing in draconian legislation?

A good way of recognising a bad law is if it makes people act stupid when it's enacted. The smoking ban is a perfect example of this: huge areas in bars full of smokers, but because the area is covered by a tent and filled with patio heaters it's legal. Fucking nonsense, get rid of the ban and let pub owners choose if they want to have smoking in their premises. If they choose to ban it themselves and their business fails it's proof that popular opinion doesn't support these businesses, fuck clunky voting processes.

ejmaztec

Nothing happened much, apart from the odd publican telling everyone that he was going to die of starvation because no-one would bother their arse going into a pub if they couldn't smoke.

Smokers headed off in their thousands to the designated smoking-zone in Outer Mongolia, and never came back.

A few people on here posted that they were going to kill someone, and got banned.

That was about it.

hairyprincess

Don't forget that smoking ban in the work place also extended to work vehicles

mikemac1

The country was split and there was so much bittterness that people have already forgotton about the civil war. Mick Collins who??

In Galway the inspectors were thrown into the Corrib
Drowning was too good for them imo

CavanCrew

hairyprincess wrote: »

Don't forget that smoking ban in the work place also extended to work vehicles

Oh ya,... **** one.

the purple tin

There was a publican who refused to acknowledge the ban. He was fined several times for allowing smoking in his pub and finally threatened with prison before he complied. That was the most extreme protest I remember from the time OP.

Fizzlesque

The King of Moo wrote: »

......and the protest where people went into the Dáil and started smoking.

Hilarious stuff. 'Down with that sort of thing' posters at the ready

Fizzlesque

ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »

There was uproar as people realised the smell of smoke in the pubs had been masking the smell of fart for years.

Smell of fart took over. Who knew the much maligned smoke had secretly been working undercover as an air freshener.

oppenheimer1

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

Some people pointed towards the free market, a beautiful, natural phenomenon which, if trusted, solves most of these problems, and said fuck dudes, why didn't we use that instead of bringing in draconian legislation?

A good way of recognising a bad law is if it makes people act stupid when it's enacted. The smoking ban is a perfect example of this: huge areas in bars full of smokers, but because the area is covered by a tent and filled with patio heaters it's legal. Fucking nonsense, get rid of the ban and let pub owners choose if they want to have smoking in their premises. If they choose to ban it themselves and their business fails it's proof that popular opinion doesn't support these businesses, fuck clunky voting processes.

Free markets do not solve every problem and regulation is needed to protect one groups interests, often a weak group. In this case the weak group was employees, who were forced to endure the unhealthy atmosphere produced by customers and allowed by profit hungry employers.

The protection of minority rights is something which is not catered for adequately in a perfect free market.

CavanCrew

Yeah lads, the exam is over, Id say i got a first ! :rolleyes:

referenced you all.

Born to Die

CavanCrew wrote: »

Yeah lads, the exam is over, Id say i got a first ! :rolleyes:

referenced you all.

Glad to help.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

It was worse than the Roy Keane/Saipan incident.

Not that the OP remembers that either.

CavanCrew

Jenna Deafening Camera wrote: »

Not that the OP remembers that either.

well I was an 11 year old girl at the time with little interest in Roy keane, more into tamagotchis YENO.

Born to Die

CavanCrew wrote: »

well I was an 11 year old girl at the time with little interest in Roy keane, more into tamagotchis YENO.

Now you are older which side of the argument are you on?

CavanCrew

Born to Die wrote: »

Now you are older which side of the argument are you on?

Well the spat is irrelevant, but roy keane is still a grump.

Deus Ex Machina

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Free markets do not solve every problem and regulation is needed to protect one groups interests, often a weak group. In this case the weak group was employees, who were forced to endure the unhealthy atmosphere produced by customers and allowed by profit hungry employers.

The protection of minority rights is something which is not catered for adequately in a perfect free market.

Don't want to be around smoke? Don't work there bro.

Born to Die

CavanCrew wrote: »

Well the spat is irrelevant, but roy keane is still a grump.

He is a traitor.

Dudess

I remember there being a bit of annoyance all right - one guy on the Neil Prendeville Show in Cork said "C'mere Neil biy, myself and the wife are tinkin' of emigrating" merely in relation to the smoking ban. And he was serious. Muppet. :pac:

oppenheimer1

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

Don't want to be around smoke? Don't work there bro.

In a perfect world yes there would be places that offered non smoking workplaces. The reality is that people have to accept whatever conditions their employer offers because people need money in order to live. People should not have to accept dangerous workplaces through economic necessity.

Saying "don't work there bro" is too simplistic of an argument and shows that you don't really understand the problem or issue fully.

starlit

Are they any wiser?