Kerry hotel with 'significant cockroach infestation' among 10 businesses to get closure orders

A Tipperary food store and an African food business in Limerick were among 10 food businesses issued with closure orders

The FSAI last month served a closure order on all kitchen areas at the Brandon Hotel on Prince’s Street in Tralee after it found evidence of 'significant cockroach infestation'. The order which was served on July 23 last was lifted two days later.

Live cockroaches were observed in an inspection of the restaurant of a Kerry hotel and dead cockroaches were found in the main kitchen under work surfaces, cooking equipment and service fridges by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).

The FSAI last month served a closure order on all kitchen areas at the Brandon Hotel on Prince’s Street in Tralee after it found evidence of “significant cockroach infestation”. The order which was served on July 23 last was lifted two days later.