Eight children hospitalised in E coli outbreak

EIGHT children were hospitalised in France with E coli infections after eating hamburgers that manufacturers said could come from Germany, where an outbreak of the bacteria has killed 37 people.

The “Steak Country” burgers were bought in French branches of German supermarket Lidl.

Lidl has said that the burgers believed to be behind the new E coli outbreak in France have never been sold in Ireland.