The pub chain JD Wetherspoon announced this week that it has banned customers from playing music or taking calls on speaker after complaints that the noise was driving people "nuts".
But should loud phone use in public be accepted as a normal part of modern life or should something be done to stop it?
Rachel O’Donnell, owner of the Hi-B pub in Cork, and TV producer Paddy Duffy join The Last Word to discuss.
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