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THE FOOD SAFETY Authority (FSAI) was busy last month, serving 16 enforcement orders on food businesses in July, double the amount served in June.
The FSAI said they closed down nine restaurants and served seven prohibition orders (which force food businesses to withdraw unsafe or illegal food from the market) last month for breaches of food safety legislation.
Closure orders
Four closure orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
The Blueberry Restaurant, Moyvalley, Kildare
The Larder (restaurant), 8 Parliament Street, Dublin 2
Red Parrot (public house), 57-58 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin 1
New Millennium Chinese Restaurant, 51 South King Street, Dublin 2
Five closure orders were served under the EC (Official Control of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2010 on:
Creedon’s Hotel (Closed area: Main kitchen and rear-yard store room), Inchigeela, Macroom, Cork
Kebab Bites (take-away), Unit 4, Redmond Square, Wexford
Tom McCall (cash and carry), Crosslow, Tullow, Carlow
A successful prosecution was brought against John Johnson, Bimdoc Cash & Carry, Business Centre, Jamestown Business Park, Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin 11.
Prof. Alan Reilly, chief executive of the FSAI said this was another high monthly for enforcement orders, “which is a new and worrying record”.
We warn food businesses to ensure that the food they serve and sell is safe to eat, and obtained from reputable suppliers. It is vital that all batches of food are fully traceable and labelled correctly, and that food businesses know it has been produced and stored safely and hygienically. The integrity of the food supply chain relies on every food business playing its part.
If any food business owner is unsure of what is required of them by law, they can contact the FSAI advice line on 1890 336677 or visit its website www.fsai.ie.
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Friend of ours drives a school bus and was telling me yesterday that one of the new 1st yrs was disembarking and gave a really loud ‘oh nooooo’ …… when my friend looked up the child’s mother was waiting at the gate for him. He was mortified.
Reminds me of 1st year boy worrying he would not find his mum at gate after school. Fed up mum said ‘ You will see me – I will carry a placard with MAMMY written on it’.
I p*ssed my pants on my first day of school. My teacher was kind enough to change them for me and bring me back to class. P*ssed them again thirty minutes later! Poor woman must still suffer flashbacks.
I almost pissed myself laughing when I read that! Had to put the phone away for a few minutes (I’m on public transport and didn’t want to risk laughing to death).
Whatever about having kids in creches for the first 4 or 5 years of their lives I do think it is a good idea, even if a parent or other adult is looking after them until they reach school age, to send kids to pre/play school for at least a year before “big school”. I have 5 adult children & when the older ones were smallies there was very little talk of play school & both them & I found going to primary school very traumatic but the younger ones were lucky enough to be able to attend a local play school for a year & when the time came to go to primary school they settled in much better & some of the kids they’d been in play school with started also. They also had a good grasp of the little basics that infants are taught in baby infants. I’m not sure how the years free pre school thing works but I would advise parents to check it out & avail of it it at all possible.
I think the majority of kids go to playschool for the free preschool yr, 2 out of my 3 did, eldest didn’t have it at the time but had sent her to a playschool anyway, the real thing that hit me on the eldest she was 4 and wasn’t ready for school didn’t really have the skills to sit still and do work, the following 2 didn’t go to school till 5 there was a massive difference.
My montessori school is back open on Monday. I dread seeing crying kids coming in the door in the first few weeks. It’s my least favourite time of year. Poor parents. By the time they have arrived at work the kids are playing happily (usually), and the mums and dads are riddled with guilt and worried. A couple of weeks in and it should be all smiles if your child is happy in the facility.
My son was in a crèche from the age of 1. First day of school was still a big event. As was his first day of secondary school. As these are HUGE life changing events in your child’s life.
I actually got a bit teary eyed looking at these photos, my son has just start preschool today so I hope by the time next Sept comes he will be used to being in school, in saying that I know there will be tears but most likely mine.
I don’t blame them crying…I hated school and you can’t leave not like a job. Most the stuff you are taught you don’t actually need in life either…funny how you aren’t taught how credit cards and loans work but are taught algebra
Wats diff between this n babies/toddlers going day care 5days a week from 7 am to 6 pm, with both parents working ! Say those kids get on better on their first days !
My daughter was in creche from the age of 2, she cried every day I left her even at school until she was half way through senior infants. Some kids suffer with separation anxiety.
no its not a lifestyle choice, we had no choice but to put our son in the creche. We had a mortgage to pay. I cried daily having to make that decision, as i’m sure most women and fathers did in that position. Its not by choice that i work, believe me.
True Helen, many unhappy people out there that were sold a pup. A lot of women I know feel guilty for working, and guilty if they don’t. Such is the two faces of feminism and capitalism combined.
tell me about it, we bought our place 5 years before our son was born. First place, thinking we would stay there 3 or 4 years. Then bam!! the market fell, and we were left with no choice. getting older and seeing where the market was, we had no choice but to have our son when we knew eventually i’d have to go back to work. I took a 8 months out and was not paid for the time off, maternity benefit covers 6 months, at the end of the 6 months nothing for the further 2 months. It killed us, and I had to return to work. To pay our mortgage, to put food on the table., to make sure my child was supported in every way I can. Yes I feel guilty for it, as you said alot of mothers do, but there isnt a choice there.
Ya, I know the drill Helen. I’m a stay at home father essentially – but I work a few nights a week. Herself works about 25 hours a week. We’re lucky in that we can manage between us. But if I didn’t work nights, and had to work days instead we’d be sending our daughter to the creche too.
Almost all of the 30 something women I know with kids locally – and that’s a lot – are in negative equity and would prefer to be renting and staying at home to raise the kids. At least for the early years. It’s a bad situation for all involved.
No Emma, trying reading what I said instead of reading between lines that aren’t there in the first place.
There’s no common denominator between what I said, and what you said, except your own supposition.
I’m not on the dole? I saved before my child was born so I didn’t have to work for the first years of her life. My job was very understanding and I will be retiring when she is a bit older shes only 17 months now still far too young to be away from her mother imo.
Sorry wrong thread, Chloe, out of interest do you rent/have mortgage or live with mammy and daddy? Just returning to work myself after exhausting all holidays, unpaid maternity and a week of parental leave. Once your parental leave is finished you have no right to your job back regardless of how understanding an employer is!
Yeah I was in Australia with my boyfriend and we saved alot of money there and I got pregnant when I was there , came home when I was 4 months pregnant. Still have a good bit of savings behind us. Old job is in Australia but not sure if I will go back, might just stay here as we are settled.
Always difficult to move, or even contemplate moving with a baby Chloe. May be best to stay put if you have a family support network here. That’s just my 2 cents.
I’d prefer keep my brain working at least part time anyway as u get bit baby brained at home with kids, And working keeps extra money for what we want buy instead relying on goverment assistance . A lot kids kept are home tend be bit clingy I think but that’s my opinion,,,
my son goes to creche, and has done since he was 7 months old – he goes into creche without a bother, but there was a time only about 3 months ago, he cried every day going in for about 3 weeks, then just stopped. It can happen at any stage, I seen these pics and my heart was broken knowing what may be ahead of me. Im thankful my lad wont be starting school till 5. But I know it will still likely be upsetting for him to him because yes he’s been to a creche and knows rules etc, but now he has to go into a Completely different invironment and this will be a huge shock for him like it would be for a kid who was never in creche. I think creche is good for pre education and rules and sharing and all that, it is amazing. But i still think there will be heart ache (mine and his) when he starts big boy school. I dread the day.
Chloe, to be fair, you are in a slightly different position to many people; you were too young to get caught in the market boom/crash (unless I misread and you’re not 21?). Lots of people who had planned to stay home with their children, got caught up in a VERY nasty situation. They weren’t greedy, they weren’t grabby, they made life decisions based on the best information at the time. And whether parent’s choose to put their children in a creche or childminder or choose to stay home with their children if they can, one is not necessarily better than the other; there are pros and cons to both.
I know sometimes comments can be meant slightly differently to the way they come across but in my opinion it’s better to support each other in these situations, I’m sure you didn’t mean to be critical but it did come across that way. ‘Enough guilt heaped on by employers/govt/ etc etc without parents doing it too really.
Sorry wrong thread, Chloe, out of interest do you rent/have mortgage or live with mammy and daddy? Just returning to work myself after exhausting all holidays, unpaid maternity and a week of parental leave. Once your parental leave is finished you have no right to your job back regardless of how understanding an employee is!
Most of us started at four, no harm done,gives people extra yr to repeat later in secondary school if needed ,in fact coming from a small village my mother was asked send my bro to school at three to make up numbers many yrs ago to keep da school open! So he was eleven starting secondary, !
Dead right , send them of, let them wee wee them selves , whatever , none this crying at gates,kids member that, having 8 or 9 before me in my family I think I was made find my own way on my first day hahaha
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