Tadgh McNally looks at five surprising elements from Tuesday's budget announcement 

The vapes — one of the R&M Tornado 9000 range, and a WGA Crystal Pro Max product — should be returned to the retailers who sold them

The Faculty of Paediatrics at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland also called for the legal age to buy tobacco products and vapes to be raised to 21 years

Amazon has now removed the products pending an investigation and said it would take enforcement action against any third-party sellers who violated their policies

Russell Brand has dismissed accusations aired in Channel 4's Dispatches, assertions that will be held up to scrutiny in the weeks and months ahead

After enjoying scorching sets in summer sunshine, revellers are asking who the headliner will be at next year's earlier festival

Coffee cups found at almost half of sites surveyed by Irish Business Against Litter, with disposable vapes at one in seven locations

The company plans to lay off about 250 people in its latest round of cuts, reducing its workforce to around 650

Retailers have been instructed to stop selling two McKesse disposable vaping products 

First conceived as an aid to quitting smoking, vapes now get more teens hooked, says Health Correspondent Niamh Griffin

The Fantasi Ice Orange and Remix Blackcurrant & Lemon vapes were found to have a nicotine concentration up to 25.3mg/ml

It is understood Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is examining setting a new annual licence fee of €500 per shop that sells e-cigarettes

Pop-up shops will not be licensed to sell tobacco products or nicotine inhaling products under new law, Dáil told

Just like the landmark banning of smoking in all workplaces including bars and restaurants, we must accompany this legislation with a strong social pact, writes Education Minister Norma Foley

Surely state-encouraged behaviour modification is not the same as prohibition?

Vaping is driving a surge in the number of passengers causing disruption on flights, new figures show.

The HSE has warned parents vaping is on the rise amongst children and young people, and has been linked to serious harms such as poisoning, burns, lung injuries, and asthma exacerbations.

Submissions from the public will 'help the Government learn how people feel about disposable vapes'

Mercy University Hospital is looking to reinforce its tobacco-free campus status

An environmental charity has urged the Government to become the first in Europe to ban disposable vapes outright.

Big strides have been made in recent years to reduce the appeal of smoking, but now young people are being sucked in by the vaping phenomenon, despite uncertainty over the health risks

New legislation controlling the sale of vapes was approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday

Tánaiste 'really shocked at the manner in which it has been marketed towards young people in particular'

Ireland has led the way globally with the introduction of legislation on smoking indoors. Now there is an opportunity to provide the same global leadership with legislation to protect teenagers and young people from recreational vaping

The Tánaiste said he is “amazed” that vaping products can be placed next to sweets in shops.

The environment is a big part of everybody’s sense of a city, and there are interesting candidates for improvement in this sector

The sale of vapes in retail stores will be banned as the government seeks to prevent the next generation from becoming addicted to nicotine, health minister Mark Butler said on Tuesday

Chief Whip Hildegarde Naughton has published the Government's legislative agenda for up until the July break of the Dáil, with 19 bills being marked for priority publication and 20 for drafting

Call for greater regulation

Government intends to pass legislation which would ban under 18s from vaping, but if the experience of the UK is anything to go by, it may already be doomed to failure.

Passenger refused to desist after several requests from cabin crew, court heard

Supported by Leonardo DiCaprio, this project with outdoor gear company Patagonia and NGOs will protect the Vjosa, one of the continent’s last free-flowing waterways

Popularity of vaping

The 2004 smoking ban 'went beyond' what the then-health minister had envisaged

Inmates of the country's 12 prisons spend an average of €675,997 every month in prison tuck shops on products including soft drinks, chocolate, toiletries and even games consoles, data shows

PJ Carroll and Co Ltd, along with UK marketing and sales firm Nicoventures Trading Ltd, are challenging the Minister for Health, Ireland, and the Attorney General

The law says that tobacco cannot ever be sold to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009.

Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Juul said that it has secured an equity investment to fund it.

Under the laws, advertising will not be allowed near schools or on public transport, limiting exposure to commercial messages normalising e-cigarettes

Mr Smyth mentioned the Circular Economy Act that allows a ban on single-use products and the EU’s single use plastic directive as possible ways to ban disposable vapes

The Boherlahan Dualla GAA Club with the support of Boherlahan Dualla Camogie Club and Boherlahan Dualla Ladies Football club have approved their Healthy Club Committee’s proposal that we adopt the GAA’s Smoke & Vape Free Policy for the entire of the Boherlahan GAA Grounds.

One of Ireland's leading adolescent addiction counsellors raises concern that vapes can contain THC 

Sweet-flavoured vaping devices are increasingly marketed to teens and pre-teens. As parents, we must protect our children from this risky, addictive fad

E-cigarettes 'no more effective' than medically approved and regulated nicotine replacement therapies, such as patches, at helping people stop smoking, report finds