31st January 2025 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE) National Environmental Health Service has issued four European product RAPEX safety alerts for electronic cigarettes exceeding nicotine concentration limits.
24th January 2025 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: After extensive negotiations, the two centre-right parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, have reached an agreement, press reports. This coalition arrangement includes
3rd December 2024 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: With all the votes counted, the main ruling party, Fianna Fáil, has once again obtained the largest number of seats, 48, at
12th November 2024 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The ruling Fianna Fáil party has announced in their election manifesto that they will progressively raise the price of vaping products and introduce
2nd October 2024 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: An excise duty on e-liquids has been introduced through the 2025 Budget. The excise duty will start applying in mid-2025 and will
12th September 2024 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: Health minister Stephen Donnelly’s proposal to further restrict vaping products and ban disposables was approved on 10th September by the Cabinet of
Ireland: The Irish Heart Foundation is urging the government to launch a service to help young people quit vaping, press reports. In its
7th June 2024 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has warned the public to stop using two vaping products that have been reported to the European Safety
12th March 2024 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The government is planning to impose an excise duty on e-cigarettes in 2025, press reports. Minister of finance Michael McGrath said his department
27th November 2023 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The health minister, Stephen Donnelly, and the minister of state for public health, Hildegarde Naughton, have launched a public consultation on the
9th October 2023 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued two RAPEX safety alerts against two vaping products. The products in question are the R and M Tornado
4th October 2023 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: Ossian Smyth, the minister of state at the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, has said he aims
27th September 2023 - Europe, Ireland, United Kingdom |
UK/Ireland: The Superdrug pharmacy chain joins Waitrose supermarkets in their commitment to stop selling disposables. In addition to their UK stores, Superdrug will
30th August 2023 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has warned the public to stop using five different flavours of the McKesse brand of e-cigarettes. The vaping
17th July 2023 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE)'s National Tobacco Control Office has submitted a RAPEX alert notification to the European Safety Gate for two
29th June 2023 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert notice and notified the European Safety Gate, the EU rapid alert system for
9th June 2023 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The minister of state at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ossian Smyth, has launched a public consultation on disposable vaping
9th February 2023 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE) is analysing claims, made by a British newspaper, that some Elfbar e-cigarettes may contain more than the legal
7th December 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The newly published Healthy Ireland survey 2022 shows 3% of the population are regular vapers, while 22% of people who have successfully quit smoking in
Ireland: Calls have been made to raise the legal age to 21 to purchase tobacco products and e-cigarettes, press reports. Center-right party Fine
14th October 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The government is considering banning disposable e-cigarettes, press reports. The minister of state, Ossian Smyth, said that he is not against vaping products but
5th September 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: Research by the Tobacco Free Research Institute Ireland shows that 39% of young people aged between 16 and 17 have tried vaping,
19th July 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Oireachtas (parliament) Joint Health Committee is pushing for a flavour ban and age restrictions on e-cigarette sales. The committee has published
23rd June 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: Senators have urged stricter regulation of e-cigarettes, press reports. In discussions on the Nicotine Inhaling Products Bill, senator Diarmuid Wilson of the Fianna Fáil
20th May 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued an alert against certain disposable products. The alert recalls disposable e-cigarettes from the Aroma King brand that
1st March 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: Today, the Joint Committee on Health discussed the Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Bill with the industry members. The trade organisation Vape Business Ireland (VBI),
17th February 2022 - Europe, Ireland |
Ireland: The Oireachtas (parliament) Health Committee is continuing its scrutiny of the Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products Bill by hearing the concerns of stakeholders, press reports.