Culture Stats: compare key data on Ireland & Scotland

Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date: The date when the first McDonald's outlet opened in each country.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location: City or neighborhood of the first McDonald's in each country.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes: Facts and peculiarities regarding the opening of a McDonald's in each country.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status): The legal status of animal cropping by country. Cropping is the removal of part or all of the external, visible flap of the ear of an animal. It is most commonly performed on dogs.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status: This stat shows the legal status of cigarette vending machines, i.e. where they can be located, their requirements of use and the minimal legal age to purchase from them. Several countries have banned these machines altogether, with examples including France and several eastern European countries, like Estonia, Georgia, Croatia, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania.

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STAT	Ireland	Scotland
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date	May 9, 1977	November 23, 1987
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location	Grafton Street , Dublin	Dundee
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes	First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin, see McDonald's Ireland	Second store was Kirkcaldy . It took over 13 years since McDonald's first appeared in the UK.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status)	Banned	Banned
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status	Sales prohibited to under 18s. Restricted to licensed premises only since 1 July 2009. Vending machines are operated by a token or card obtained from the bar once the age of the buyer has been identified.	Ban came into force on 29 April 2013.

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