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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland served five closure orders on businesses during April for breaches of food safety legislation under the FSAI Act, 1998.
Environmental health officers served the orders on McDaniels Inn (preparation and service of food part only), Brittas Bay, Wicklow; The Barge Inn (restaurant only), Roberstown, Kildare; Woodview Guesthouse, Bishopswood, Durrow, Co Laois; P Gunning public house, Rathconrath, Mullingar, Co Westmeath; and Yellow River City Restaurant (basement), 158 Parnell Street, Dublin.
Dr John O'Brien, chief executive of the authority, said poor food hygiene practices would not be tolerated.
"Food safety legislation sets minimum standards which food businesses must comply with and there can be no shortcuts when it comes to ensuring the protection of consumer health."
Man guilty of sex assault on girl
A Kilkenny man (39) has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a neighbour's daughter when she was aged nine to 10.
A Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury convicted the man on four charges of sexually assaulting the now 15-year-old in his house and found him not guilty on a fifth charge of sexually assaulting her in a car.
He was remanded for sentence later. His name will be added to the register of sex offenders.
Renamed school hopes to get bigger
An overcrowded school in Co Donegal is changing its name in an attempt to get more classrooms.
Glenswilly National School, near Letterkenny, was renamed last night by staff with approval of parents but in defiance of the Department of Education as "Seeking An Extension since 1992 - Glenswilly National School".
The new name will appear on letterheads and on a new school sign to be displayed on the building in the next few days.
Headmaster Liam McGowan said the department would not ratify the new name "but we are past caring".