For 20 years teenage smoking fell steadily in Ireland. Then along came vaping and it all changed

Campaigners claim global tobacco giants are a significant influence on Ireland’s vaping market

Sam McConkey’s Spinal Tap moment takes the restrictions debate to Level 10

The professor’s conversation with Pat Kenny on Newstalk is unintentionally hilarious

Thirty years on, Ireland’s smoky coal ban remains an urgent issue

Some, including initial proponent Mary Harney, argue the ban should be nationwide

Write now: Nine writers share advice on how to get started

Tips for budding authors and poets, from beating writer’s block to finding an agent

Ray D’Arcy’s pointless exercise in solipsistic navel gazing

His rambling account of baking bread shows he’s the ideal presenter for our time

Local hero Damien Tiernan brings Waterford into focus

Radio Review: The ex-RTÉ outheast correspondent illustrates the strengths of regional radio

Shay Healy’s ‘Baroque and roll’ party house for €995,000

An exuberant style livens this four-bed Sandymount house owned by songwriter and broadcaster Shay Healy and his wife

Radio: Newstalk men will be heard, by Hook or by crook

Review: ‘The Right Hook’, ‘Breakfast’, ‘The Green Room’, ‘The Pat Kenny Show’, ‘Lighthouse Stories’

How the coal ban dealt with Dublin’s burning issue

The prohibition of ‘smoky’ coal in 1990 resulted in 350 fewer annual deaths in city

Radio: No regrets as Conor Lenihan wrecks the party

Review: ‘The Last Word’, ‘Morning Ireland’, ‘Culture File Weekly’

How the smoking ban was won

On March 29th, 2004, the Republic became the first country to ban smoking in pubs, restaurants and all other workplaces. It was the end of a long battle between pro- and anti-smoking forces

Air pollution exposure linked to sharp rise in heart trouble

Researchers say one-fifth rise in smallest pollution particles raises heart attack numbers by 13%

Fewer smoking while pregnant

Tobacco smoke is biggest home pollutant in Ireland, EPA study finds

Living in a damp and cool climate, it is not surprising that people in Ireland spend 90 per cent of their time indoors, and the majority of that in their own homes.