A health lab has warned priests of the dangers of ‘overcooking’ holy ashes after several mass-goers were scorched during Ash Wednesday ceremonies.

WHILE the whole world focuses on the horrific outbreak of a particularly virulent strain of E coli in Germany that has so far claimed 22 victims, there has been very little talk about Ireland’s scandalous history of this bacteria.

Children at a third nursery school in a city were being tested for E.coli today after an outbreak of the infection spread.