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Smoking ban will not cover embassies across Dublin [Source: Irish Times] 

Diplomats will still have the right to smoke in embassies across Dublin despite the Government's plan to ban smoking in the workplace.

The ban cannot be enforced in embassies which are regarded as the sovereign territory of foreign countries, a Department of Health spokesman confirmed last night.

However, Mandate, which represents many embassy workers, has called for the loophole to be closed to protect Irish workers from second-hand smoke.

There are more than 80 embassies and consulates in the Dublin area which employ hundreds of administrative workers, security staff and chauffeurs.

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