Just to whet the whistle...
Also, remind your friends that don't know, Georgia Tech Ireland (a part of GTRI) opened its doors in Athlone, Ireland, 10 years ago this summer.
Oh, and one for stech81...
Well, let's make it a double...
It was a little over 10 years ago when Ireland passed the law banning smoking in restaurants and pubs throughout the entire country. It was very controversial. I felt for the hotel I commonly stayed at on business in Cork whose pub had just invested over $50K USD on a new ventilation system a year earlier to make the air less thick of smoke. I learned about a year later when back at the hotel that the pub's sales were up 50% since the ban on smoking. More families came out to the pubs for meals and the smokers just learned to go outside. Win-win.