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# Cigarettes

This week
26th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
New Zealand to scrap world-leading anti-smoking laws, new Prime Minister announces
The anti-smoking legislation was designed to almost immediately reduce the number of people using tobacco products.
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Last month
November 2023
Over four million cigarettes seized by Revenue in Dublin yesterday
The cigarettes have an estimated value of €3.4 million.
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Nov 17th 2023, 6:07 PM
Revenue officers seize €8.2 million worth of cigarettes in Co Louth
A man in his 60s has been questioned and investigations are ongoing.
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Nov 11th 2023, 10:57 AM
This year
2023
Budget 2024: Some changes kicked in at midnight - others won't take effect for quite a while
A report by
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
Here’s what you need to know.
The changes announced yesterday included tweaks to the USC and tax bands, tax reliefs for landlords, social welfare hikes and an increase in the minimum wage.
Here are the new measures that have already kicked in or been extended - and what to expect in the months to come.
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Oct 11th 2023, 12:05 AM
Average price for a packet of cigarettes now €16.75 after 75 cent tax hike
This compares to 50 cent in the previous seven Budgets.
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Oct 10th 2023, 1:43 PM
Poll: Should Ireland gradually increase the age at which cigarettes can be purchased?
British PM Rishi Sunak proposed a vote to gradually increase the legal smoking age to ban the sale for 14 year olds.
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Oct 5th 2023, 10:03 AM
Cigarettes worth €2.8 million smuggled from Latvia seized at Dublin Port
The cigarettes were found in pallets which had arrived from the Netherlands and originated from Latvia.
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Aug 11th 2023, 12:22 PM
Gardaí seize €10 million worth of counterfeit cigarettes in Dublin
No arrests were made during the operation and investigations are ongoing.
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Jul 5th 2023, 9:51 AM
Last year
2022
Poll: Should Ireland impose a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes?
Last year Micheál Martin praised New Zealand’s plans for a lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes
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Dec 13th 2022, 10:43 AM
New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes
The law says that tobacco cannot ever be sold to anybody born on or after 1 January 2009.
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Dec 13th 2022, 8:54 AM
Cost of cigarettes to increase but price of a pint remains the same
There will also be pro-rata increases on other tobacco products.
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Sep 27th 2022, 3:45 PM
Revenue seizes €5.5 million worth of tobacco and cigarettes
The seizure was made at Dublin Port.
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Aug 30th 2022, 6:33 PM
Cash, cannabis and millions of cigarettes seized by Revenue in Dublin
The three unrelated seizures came to a combined total value of €7 million.
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May 13th 2022, 5:53 PM
All time
Revenue has seized cannabis, alcohol and cigarettes worth more than €183,000
The cannabis was disguised in packaging as coffee, clothing and custom decals.
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Dec 14th 2021, 4:42 PM
Three-quarters of people want legal age to buy tobacco raised to 21, poll shows
A total of 73% of the people surveyed are in favour of raising the age for the sale of cigarettes from 18 to 21
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Nov 16th 2021, 12:54 PM
Poll: Should shops that sell cigarettes to minors be banned from selling them for a few days?
Shops that sell cigarettes to minors are to be banned for up to a month, under new legislation.
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Nov 8th 2021, 8:46 AM
Revenue seizes 9.2 million cigarettes with an estimated retail value of €6.9m
The cigarettes were discovered inside a container using Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner.
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Oct 22nd 2021, 9:15 PM
Most packets of cigarettes will now cost €15 after 50c tax hike
This is the sixth year in a row the price has increased by that amount.
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Oct 12th 2021, 1:44 PM
Cigarettes worth €2.4 million seized after x-ray search of trailers in Rosslare
The cigarettes were on a road train that arrived from the French port of Dunkirk
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Oct 6th 2021, 12:58 PM
Revenue seize 864,000 illegal cigarettes in Dublin Port search
The cigarettes were onboard a ship that arrived from the Dutch port of Rotterdam.
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Sep 7th 2021, 6:07 PM
Retailers say spike in seized tobacco hints at 'large-scale' cigarette factories in Ireland
Revenue has announced four major seizures of loose raw tobacco with an estimated retail value of €8.1m.
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Aug 31st 2021, 3:13 PM
Revenue officers seize 320,000 cigarettes at Rosslare
Officers stopped and searched a German-registered van on Saturday that had disembarked a ferry from Cherbourg in France.
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Aug 23rd 2021, 1:03 PM
Revenue seizes 7.2 million cigarettes with an estimated retail value of €5m
The cigarettes were discovered inside a container using Revenue’s mobile x-ray scanner.
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Aug 5th 2021, 5:27 PM
Revenue seize tobacco and cigarettes worth €7.3 million at Dublin Port
The consignment had originated in Bulgaria.
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Jul 16th 2021, 12:50 PM
Nine in ten smokers pick up the habit by age 25, studies show
New studies examined comprehensive data on smoking trends from 1990 to 2019.
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May 28th 2021, 6:00 AM
The price of a packet of cigarettes is going up by 50 cent
It’s the fifth Budget in a row to see the price increase by that amount.
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Oct 13th 2020, 1:44 PM
Cigarettes and tobacco worth €3.8 million seized at Dublin Port
Both shipments originated from Germany.
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Jun 9th 2020, 5:10 PM
Revenue seize more than €90,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes at Dublin Port
The cigarettes were concealed behind air conditioning fan fittings that were headed for an address in Dublin.
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May 14th 2020, 10:56 PM
60,000 cigarettes and counterfeit clothing seized by gardaí in Donegal
Gardaí carried out a number of searches in Ballyshannon last night.
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May 9th 2020, 2:33 PM
8.4 million cigarettes, hidden behind frozen chicken, seized at Dublin Port
The smuggled cigarettes have an estimated value of over €4.1 million.
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May 6th 2020, 10:57 PM
Nine million cigarettes marked as frozen food seized at Dublin Port
The smuggled cigarettes were discovered in a refrigerated shipping container, declared as transporting frozen food.
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May 5th 2020, 10:35 PM
Gardaí find 20,000 unstamped cigarettes in car at Covid-19 checkpoint
A car was stopped in Bohola in Co Mayo and enquiries were made into the purpose of the driver’s movements.
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Apr 10th 2020, 7:41 AM
Over 10 million cigarettes worth €6 million seized at Dublin Port
They were discovered in a shipping container with the assistance of detector dog Kelly.
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Mar 12th 2020, 8:45 PM
Over 33,000 cigarettes seized by customs officers in Dublin
The cigarettes were seized after officers searched a man who disembarked a flight from Cairo.
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Mar 10th 2020, 9:57 PM
Menthol cigarettes will be banned in Ireland from May
Minister Harris says there is evidence that menthol flavoured cigarettes may be more addictive.
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Jan 4th 2020, 6:30 AM
Gardaí seize 34,000 illegally imported cigarettes and tobacco products
The seizure was made during a search at Rathcline Court, Lanesborough in Co Longford.
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Dec 20th 2019, 6:58 PM
Over 38,000 cigarettes worth around €26k seized during search of home in Co Wexford
The search was carried out at a home in Enniscorthy yesterday.
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Nov 28th 2019, 8:30 PM
Over €80,000 and 45,000 cigarettes seized at house in Mayo
Revenue officers were today granted a three-month cash detention order.
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Nov 1st 2019, 5:31 PM
Anti-smoking policy at two Dublin maternity hospitals being flouted by patients and visitors
In 2013, the Coombe, the Rotunda and the National Maternity Hospital became tobacco-free campuses.
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Oct 29th 2019, 12:05 AM
More than 24,000 cigarettes and almost 20kg of tobacco seized by Revenue
The products were seized after two separate searches in Wexford and Tipperary.
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Oct 14th 2019, 4:21 PM
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