# Up In Smoke

Last year

2022

Australian NRL team sack player for half-time vaping video

Former Gold Coast Titans captain Kevin Proctor is believed to have shot the video inside a toilet cubicle at Western Sydney Stadium.

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Jul 25th 2022, 1:26 PM

All time

# Allegations

Suit filed against anti-smoking group over links to 'Big Tobacco'

Several accusations have been made by the former anti-smoking foundation’s director of social media.

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Jan 15th 2021, 9:40 PM

# Up In Smoke

Comeback falls short as five-goal Levante put paid to Barca's invincible ambitions

Levante’s Emmanuel Boateng hit a hat-trick and, although Philippe Coutinho scored a treble of his own, Barcelona’s “Invicibles” bid ended.

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May 13th 2018, 10:12 PM

# Up In Smoke

Firefighters battle huge warehouse blaze on Dublin's northside

The fire on Richmond Road is ongoing.

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Oct 29th 2017, 4:15 PM

# Up In Smoke

Man arrested as black smoke engulfs stands at PSV-Ajax clash

A number of fans and stadium staff suffered breathing and eye problems after the incident at the Philips Stadion on Sunday.

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Apr 24th 2017, 12:37 PM

# Up In Smoke

Pictures: 20,000 people evacuated from area after massive fire at Ukrainian arms depot

Ukrainian authorities said that they suspected Russian involvement.

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Mar 23rd 2017, 12:11 PM

# Smoked Out

Cash, cigarettes and tobacco seized in Revenue raids

Revenue discovered the tobacco products following a number of searches in the Louth area.

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Dec 28th 2016, 10:07 AM

# Up In Smoke

In photos: Cork's historic Vernon Mount House completely gutted by fire

Gardaí are investigating the fire at the Douglas mansion.

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Jul 26th 2016, 5:45 PM

# Up In Smoke

Villa close Agbonlahor shisha pipe case, striker free to be relegated with rest of the team

Agbonlahor, who has scored one Premier League goal so far this term, will be available for the Villans’ run-in after an internal investigation into his Dubai holiday.

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Apr 5th 2016, 3:13 PM

# weeding it out

New Zealand in the midst of a major cannabis shortage

Major seizures have stymied the supply of marijuana to the island nation.

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Mar 18th 2016, 6:15 AM

# Up In Smoke

Dublin Christmas market told it CAN'T use old John Player factory

With just nine days to go, organisers have appealed for help.

33.9k

Dec 2nd 2015, 4:05 PM

# Up In Smoke

A British Airways plane leaving Las Vegas caught fire in the middle of take off

All 159 passengers and 13 crew were evacuated.

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Sep 9th 2015, 6:57 AM

# Meltdown

Tiger Woods was in with a chance of a first win in more than 2 years but then he did this

Maybe he’s not quite back.

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Aug 23rd 2015, 9:38 PM

# Up In Smoke

Are you burning money on car insurance? Premiums have shot up recently

The AA say they’ve gone up by more this year than any time in a decade.

18.5k

Aug 19th 2015, 10:24 AM

# Up In Smoke

Clerys worker put down €600 deposit for furniture - hours before store's shock closure

Tánaiste Joan Burton has said that Clerys workers “have been treated very badly”.

32.2k

Jun 15th 2015, 9:40 AM

# Up In Smoke

The Ballymount blaze yesterday destroyed charity's materials

The Cleft Lip & Palate Association of Ireland had been storing materials at the ‘Store-It’ unit.

20.3k

Apr 30th 2015, 9:15 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Would you welcome plain pack cigarettes?

What do you think?

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Mar 31st 2015, 9:15 PM

# Up In Smoke

Big Tobacco lobbied hard and aggressively... but lost anyway

Ireland’s new plain packaging laws have been the subject of much criticism from Big Tobacco – and legal threats.

17.9k

Mar 19th 2015, 6:00 PM

# smoke signals

John Player mix-up sees smokers get the wrong cigarettes in their packets

The factory say a production line error is the cause of a packaging mix-up.

32.2k

Mar 16th 2015, 6:00 AM

# Lighten up

Why we should 'relax the smoking ban in bars and give smokers a break'

Finian McGrath believes that smokers are soft targets.

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Feb 18th 2015, 8:30 AM

# The Breakdown

Cigarettes now cost €10 a pack... But where does all that tax go?

The change kicked in at midnight. Here’s where that extra 40c goes…

19.6k

Oct 15th 2014, 10:12 AM

# Up In Smoke

'A great day for South Armagh Duty Free' - tobacco companies are not happy...

They say that the 40 cent increase on a packet of cigarettes will play into the hands of smugglers.

14.0k

Oct 14th 2014, 7:14 PM

# Up In Smoke

People queued up to burn their Irish Water packs in a bath tub last night

The gardaí said there were no arrests at the demonstration in Clondalkin last night.

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Oct 10th 2014, 12:07 PM

# no smoke

Sniffer dogs search Leinster House, Ming Flanagan breathes a sigh of relief

Apparently he got out just in time.

24.6k

Sep 17th 2014, 11:24 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should we double the price of cigarettes?

South Korea wants to bring in an 80 per cent hike, and James Reilly has said a pack of 20 should cost €20. What do you think?

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Sep 11th 2014, 9:55 AM

# Up In Smoke

Smoking: 80 new jobs for e-cigarette company in Waterford

Healthier Smoker says that it could add up to 1,000 positions depending on its growth profile.

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Jul 3rd 2014, 10:13 AM

# state coughers

How much tax would a 60c cigarette price hike bring in? (Hint: Not as much as you think)

Michael Noonan’s been advised that the shock-and-awe tactic might have some other effects on smokers’ behaviour.

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Jun 17th 2014, 10:24 AM

# Up In Smoke

Eight businesses convicted after staff smoked on premises illegally

Three premises were also convicted for selling tobacco related products to minors in the first three months of 2014.

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Jun 4th 2014, 12:47 PM

# healthier option

World No Tobacco Day: Experts urge against snuffing out the e-cigarette

Medical and policy experts have written a letter to the World Health Organisation describing the gadgets as possibly “among the most significant health innovations of the 21st century”.

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May 31st 2014, 7:45 AM

# Smoked Out

Man in 60s arrested after €65,000 worth of cigarettes found in Dublin lockup

The cigarette seizure brings to €233,000 the value of seized tobacco this year.

8.7k

May 12th 2014, 4:18 PM

# Up In Smoke

40,000 cigarettes seized at Cork Airport

The cigarettes had a retail value of almost €19,000 and a potential loss to the Exchequer of €14,500.

8.3k

Apr 14th 2014, 2:00 PM

# Up In Smoke

Dublin City councillors vote to scrap Poolbeg plan

The City Manager, however, says no decision has been made on the project.

8.7k

Mar 4th 2014, 8:39 AM

# Up In Smoke

Over 40 million cigarettes were seized last year

That figure represents a drop of over 50 million on 2012.

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Jan 6th 2014, 7:15 AM

# off the market

Cigarettes worth €20,000 seized in raids on Dublin houses

In a separate development, a Lithuanian national was detained with over 12,000 cigarettes and hit with a two week jail sentence.

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Dec 13th 2013, 5:31 PM

# Smoking

Gardaí and Revenue given search powers to crack down on cigarette smuggling

Under a provision of the Finance Bill published today, authorities will be allowed to search “any bag or receptacle” that they reasonably believe contains an illegally smuggled tobacco product.

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Oct 24th 2013, 4:38 PM

# Up In Smoke

Charities call for 60 cent Budget hike in cigarette prices

The pre-Budget call from the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Heart Foundation is aimed at tackling the “enormous economic cost of smoking-related illness”.

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Sep 5th 2013, 8:56 PM