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Irish publican fined over smoking ban 

An Irish publican has become the first bar owner in the country to be successfully prosecuted for breaking the government's pioneering smoking ban, court officials say.

Padraig Folan, owner of the Ti Hanrai pub in the village of Lettermore in the far west of Ireland, was fined 1,200 euros (800 pounds) and ordered to pay 500 euros in costs for failing to enforce the ban.

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