Lidl hurling helmet climbdown: Recall forced as gear fails safety tests

DISCOUNT supermarket Lidl has been forced to clear its shelves of cut-price hurling helmets after the headgear failed safety tests.

The recall of the €49.99 Pro-Guard helmet is a U-turn for Lidl, which two months ago paid for newspaper ads claiming the cut-price helmets had passed Irish safety standard IS355.

But in a statement yesterday Lidl Ireland apologised, saying: “It has come to our attention that further tests carried out on the product have failed to comply with the relevant standards.