Injured police office now in serious condition
BBC News, 30 June 2010

A police officer is now said to be in a serious but stable condition after being hit by a lorry during an anti-smuggling operation in south Armagh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/northern_ireland/10453504.stm

Massive Cigarette Seizures in Dublin
Irish Times, 9 June 2010

Over half a million cigarettes have been seized over the past four days at Dublin airport, as a result of an investigation focusing on tobacco smuggling gangs from Lithuania.

http://www.ireland.com/news/massive-cigarettes-seizure-in-dublin/428554

Call for Garda Taskforce on cigarette smuggling
The Independent, 3 June 2010

A dedicated Garda taskforce is needed to tackle the black market trade in smuggled cigarettes, shopkeepers claimed today.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/calls-for-garda-taskforce-on-cigarette-smuggling-2206647.html

'3m euro' cigarettes haul seized

Belfast Telegraph, 19 April 2010

A lorry load of black-market cigarettes worth about 3 million euro has been seized.

The massive haul of Marlboro was hidden in a shipment labelled "office furniture" which traffickers attempted to smuggle through Dublin Port. Some 7.2 million cigarettes were recovered by customs after they carried out risk-profiling on freight trucks coming off a ferry.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/3m-euro-cigarettes-haul-seized-14772775.html#ixzz0mCNkVIN4

Recession forces cocaine gangs to move into the booming illegal cigarette market
The Irish Times, 22 February 2010

When GARDAI and Customs officers staged a major raid on suspected cigarette smugglers in Monaghan last November they found something they weren’t expecting.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0222/1224264939173.html

The cigarette smuggling centre of Europe
The Irish Times, 20 February 2010

Smoking in Ireland fell sharply after the workplace ban and we briefly led the world in anti-smoking measures. Six years on, the country is a tobacco smuggling blackspt, and a quarter of cigarettes smoked here are illegal.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0220/1224264861986.html

Counterfeit cigarette sellers will be prosecuted.
Tribune, 6 September 2009

Nine Irish retailers caught selling counterfeit tobacco will face prosecution, the Revenue Commissioners has confirmed. [This is] part of a massive crackdown on the burgeoning black market.

http://www.tribune.ie/news/home-news/article/2009/sep/06/counterfeit-cigarette-sellers-will-be-prosecuted/

Sale of black market cigarettes rife in Athlone
Westmeath Independent, 12 August 2009

The sale of black market cigarettes in Athlone is rife and is resulting in job losses at legitimate retailers around the town, [according to] a local businessman.

http://www.westmeathindependent.ie/news/roundup/articles/2009/08/12/390366-sale-of-black-market-cigarettes-rife-in-athlone

Cigarette smuggling rampant in Donegal
Donegal Democrat, 11 August 2009

A Donegal retailer has warned that many small shops and newsagents will be forced to close unless measures are undertaken to stem the flood of illegal cigarette smuggling and counterfeit substitution in the county. Donegal Town shop owner, Maurice Timony, believes that unless the issue of tobacco smuggling is addressed, then Donegal is likely to see more and more retailers being forced to close their shutters permanently.

http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/donegalnews/Cigarette-smuggling-rampant-in-Donegal.5539956.jp

Newsagents' group opposes tobacco retailing legislation
The Irish Times, 26 March, 2009

A forthcoming ban on the display of tobacco, tobacco products and tobacco advertising in all shops is “too onerous” and should be delayed for a number of years, according to the chief executive of the Convenience Stores and Newsagent Association.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0326/1224243450412.html

Over 600 newsagents face closure, group warns
The Irish Times, 13 February 2009

According to the Convenience Stores Newsagents Association (CSNA) which represents 1,500 small and medium sized retailers around the country, about a dozen stores are closing down each week. The CSNA said that while the recession has had an impact on convenience stores, new regulations such as tobacco display bans and compliance issues have also hit shop owners.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0213/breaking50.htm