Icecream vendor calls for regulation

The co-owner of one of the country’s longest-established icecream van businesses has called for a complete regulation of the industry on the back of the recent furore about jingles.

Caroline Smith of Smith’s Ice Creams in Tullyallen, Co Louth, has written to Fine Gael senator Catherine Noone saying there is a real need for national supervision to protect the industry against rogue traders and insurance fraud.

In recent months, the issue over icecream vans hit the headlines when Ms Noone proposed to regulate their jingles.