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.

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.