Forest Eireann on RTE and Newstalk
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:31 Forest Eireann's tour of Ireland finally arrived in Dublin yesterday.
Spokesman John Mallon featured on (national) RTE Radio 1 where he was interviewed on Today with Pat Kenny, the mid morning current affairs programme.
John also appeared on Newstalk, Ireland's leading national independent talk radio station. He was on the drivetime show The Right Hook which describes the interview as follows:
A champion of smokers’ rights has just completed a two-week tour of Ireland in a bid to highlight the discrimination he believe smokers face. During the tour John Mallon, spokesperson for the smokers’ group Forest Eireann, invited smokers to have their say in issues like the public smoking ban, graphic health warning and smoking in cars.
He also distributed copies of Forest Eireann’s smokers manifesto which called on the government to treat one million adults with the respect they deserve. He said that the high price of cigarettes gave way to criminals to smuggle cigarettes. He also explained that smokers are just ordinary people who love to smoke and people should take note that they contribute 1.5 billion a year to the revenue.
John said this is all about democracy and having the right to do what people chose to do.
Today John is being interviewed by The Morning Show on TV3. (TV3 was Ireland's first commercial broadcaster when it was launched in 1998.) The interview is being recorded for broadcast later this week.
PS. Since he began his tour of Ireland on October 12, John has also been interviewed by the following local media:
Evening Echo, Cork
Cork Independent, Cork
WLR FM, Waterford
KLCR 96FM, Kilkenny
Radio Kerry, Co Kerry
Limerick Live 95FM, Limerick
Limerick Leader, Limerick
Clare Champion, Co Clare
Spin South West, Co Limerick
Galway Bay FM, Galway
Galway Independent, Galway
Midwest Radio, Co Mayo
Highland Radio, Co Donegal
Reader Comments (2)
However, the RTE write up still states the smoking ban has been a 'success' no mention of pub closures etc. Its a one sided view..
I simply can't take any country seriously that makes it a criminal offence to be drunk in a pub. Drunk and disorderly maybe, but just drunk...?
hah hah hah Ireland is just a laughing stock