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Former council worker jailed for releasing rats into workplace
The 61-year-old also paid €3k in compensation.
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The 61-year-old also paid €3k in compensation.
The callouts were spread more evenly across the north and south of the county compared to 2019.
November was the worst-month ever for food safety with record numbers of FSAI orders.
14 food businesses received closure orders from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland last month.
Leptospirosis is particularly a hazard for people who participate in outdoor sports.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has been made aware of the incident.
The bar shut for more than a week after a rat was spotted by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin.
Four of the orders were issued to businesses in the Moore Street Mall in Dublin city centre.
Waterways Ireland believes the sighting was likely that of a native otter.
The council says it’s a Europe wide problem this year.
The website was set up after a daycare centre’s playground was found to be infested with rats.
Restaurant Salamanca has voiced its concern about the plans to redevelop St Andrew’s Church.
It bucks a national trend that saw a reduction in animal testing in 2016.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland served closure orders on three outlets affected by rodent infestation.
Due to a lack of natural food sources during the winter, rats head towards homes and businesses for an alternative.
Madagascar has a history of plague outbreaks almost every year since 1980, often sparked by rats fleeing forest fires.
Rodents were reported in the kitchens, a medical unit, and at a workshop at the prison.
Officials are now preparing to launch a trial of a liquid bait which will make the rats infertile.
Rodent activity and droppings were found in the building.
Anne Hidalgo has budgeted €1.5 million to do away with the French capital’s rodent population.
The cluster was discovered in the Bronx earlier this week.
The men – from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Taiwan – were captured by Somali pirates in 2012.
All vacant posts have now been approved for filling, the Health Minister has said.
Illegal dumping and poor waste management are major contributing factors, a pest control expert says.
One woman says one was killed “with an axe”.
The rats have successfully cleared minefields in Mozambique and Angola.
The floods we’ve had over the past weeks have made germs and bacteria a danger.
Reports of giant super rats may be just a little bit exaggerated.
To many residents, it feels like the rats are winning.
Some are as long as 12 to 14 inches, excluding the length of their tails, according to one pest controller.
The Air India flight to Milan was forced to return to New Delhi.
The Justice Minister was recently asked about the health and safety issues at Glanmire and Macroom stations.
NOT. SOUND.
They’re getting bigger and multiplying, too.
This guy is seriously good at his job.
Spoiler: Nidge looks pretty worried.
Heard any scratching noises recently? Just saying.
“I have HAD it with these rats,” is what Samuel L Jackson might have said if he had been on the flight.
Clondalkin residents are concerned about rats seen near the local bus stop and in the field where children play.
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