Irland, 3 år efter forbud
Jamen... det går jo forrygende efter indendørs rygeforbudet, for lidt over 3 år siden. Det gik slet ikke så dårligt som mange frygtede, men er nærmest gået modsat hvor restaurations- og værtshus miljøet ligefrem har accelereret. Sikken skøn læsning: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/02/1967253.htm
Og her, et lille citat:
"Around the same time Martin Keane, owner of the Oliver St John Gogarty pub in the popular Temple Bar area of Dublin, said he was annoyed about the ban.
He said it was costing him business and trade was down. But he also told me that other things had changed as well.
Mr Keane said the smoking ban changed the atmosphere of the pub.
"Certainly the old characters have gone out of the pub," he said.
"It's terrible to see guys that retired and that, and they used to meet every night or maybe in the morning, pensioners and that type of thing.
"These people were sort of the storytellers, the 'seanchai' as we call them. We're losing them.
"I think they're going to be lost forever, you know, the people that used to hand stories down to guys like myself and that, and talk about their experience of what things was like in Dublin and indeed all over Ireland."
But since then, Mr Keane has changed his mind about the ban. His custom has gone up again and he says people have shrugged their shoulders and got on with it."
Vi har rigtignok noget at glæde os til, nu den nye rygelov træder i kraft herhjemme, om meget kort tid!
Hilsen
Majbritt Drud
Og her, et lille citat:
"Around the same time Martin Keane, owner of the Oliver St John Gogarty pub in the popular Temple Bar area of Dublin, said he was annoyed about the ban.
He said it was costing him business and trade was down. But he also told me that other things had changed as well.
Mr Keane said the smoking ban changed the atmosphere of the pub.
"Certainly the old characters have gone out of the pub," he said.
"It's terrible to see guys that retired and that, and they used to meet every night or maybe in the morning, pensioners and that type of thing.
"These people were sort of the storytellers, the 'seanchai' as we call them. We're losing them.
"I think they're going to be lost forever, you know, the people that used to hand stories down to guys like myself and that, and talk about their experience of what things was like in Dublin and indeed all over Ireland."
But since then, Mr Keane has changed his mind about the ban. His custom has gone up again and he says people have shrugged their shoulders and got on with it."
Vi har rigtignok noget at glæde os til, nu den nye rygelov træder i kraft herhjemme, om meget kort tid!
Hilsen
Majbritt Drud