Douglas restaurant and Cork doughnut shop among 10 businesses hit with closure orders

Nationally, the FSAI issued a total of 10 closure orders in February.

FSAI chief executive Dr Pamela Byrne said: 'Food safety is not a ‘nice to have’ in a food business. It’s a legal requirement and the law is there to protect consumer health.'

A restaurant in Cork was hit with a closure order last month over what the food safety watchdog said was "evidence of rodent infestation" deemed as likely to be a "serious risk of contamination to foodstuffs and hence a grave and immediate danger to public health".

It was one of 10 food businesses served closure orders by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) in February.