Talk of disease ‘is a load of old Blarney’

CLAIMS that the world’s most famous stone harbours all kinds of nasty diseases are nothing short of Blarney.

Talk of disease ‘is a load of old Blarney’

Bosses at Blarney Castle in Cork have defended their precious stone’s cleanliness after a US-based travel website cited it as the world’s most unhygienic tourist attraction.

It may be kissed by up to 400,000 visitors each year – several of whom are likely to be carrying some sort of germs – but the custodians of the stone say they have never received a complaint from anybody.

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