Do you think the average troop is going to worry about paying a ticket to a foreign govt ?
LOL! How fast would that ticket be tossed in the garbage?
I agree, give them a smoking room. And then give the Irish passengers a smoking room as well.
The foreign press just loves to make an inferno out a puff of cigarette smoke.
I suspect there is more to the article than smoking. I suspect this has more to do with anti-war sentiment than smoking.
However, if the Irish want a non-smoking terminal thats there business. They can leave to smoke.
The problem is they have no practical way to enforce the laws to foreign troops there temporarily. I further suspect that the troops are required to remain in that area and they are not subject to normal customs clearance etc, and therefore don't have the option of leaving the terminal like smoking residents would.