Sunday, December 28, 2003

Smoking ban

John Walsh refers to Minister Martin as one of nature's killjoys and says his use of the word "tipsy" is "redolent of the maiden aunt, covering her glass with a trembling hand and refusing a top-up of Baileys". As I said earlier, I'm not a smoker, but I don't like this ban.

Lots of arguments about the economics of the ban. 9 months into New York City's ban, the economic results are unclear. I still believe there's a fundamental difference between pubs and restaurants and that the Irish restaurant trade won't suffer too much, but pubs will be a different story.