A pub in Ireland is flouting the country’s smoking ban after seeing a 60% drop in sales since its introduction.
Ciaran Levanzin, the co-owner of Fibber McGee's, said: "We're going out of business. We might as well go out with a puff of smoke,
"We've no option but to invite our smoking customers back and see what happens."
According to the Vintners Federation of Ireland, which represents some 6,000 pubs, business has fallen off by between 15 and 25% since the ban came into force.
Seamus O'Donoghue, the Federation's president, said: "Many small, rural, and family-owned pubs have been hit particularly hard since the introduction of the ban and have serious concerns for their livelihoods."
