O’Brien’s outlet ordered to close over health fears

FOOD safety officials closed a snack bar in Dublin’s prestigious St Stephen’s Green shopping centre last month over public health fears.

O’Brien’s Irish Sandwich Bar, which occupies unit 116 on the first floor of the city centre shopping hall, was ordered to close on October 16. Boss Mark Smartt was served with the closure order by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), which allowed the premises to reopen six days later.

Yesterday, the FSAI also revealed a closure order was served on the main kitchen at the Carlton Abbey Hotel in Athy town centre, Co Kildare, on October 23 and lifted after three days.