FSAI recall batches Of Tony’s Chocolonely hollow chocolate eggs due to possible presence of metal fragments.
Alert Summary dated Friday, April 4th, 2025.
Category 1:For Action. Alert Notification: 2025.18. Product Identification: Please see table hereunder. Batch Code: Please see table below. Country Of Origin: Belgium.
Message: The below batches of Tony’s Chocolonely hollow chocolate eggs are being recalled due to the possible presence of small metal fragments. Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores.
Retailers are requested to remove the implicated batches from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale. Wholesalers/distributors are requested to contact their affected customers and recall the implicated batches and provide a point-of-sale recall notice to their retail customers. Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batches.
A serious vehicle accident took place this morning, on the R498, north of Thurles Town. The accident happened at approximately 11:40am, when a car crossed the roundabout at Racecourse Road, opposite the TUS Thurles Campus entrance, before completely blocking the exit unto the Jimmy Doyle Road at Gortataggart.
Vehicle ploughs through Nenagh Road roundabout, north of Thurles, having demolished signage. Pic: G. Willoughby.
The car appeared to veer across the centre of the roundabout, through the existing flower beds, removing heavy metal signposting in its path.
Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported and the scene was attended by sections of Thurles Fire Services, whose firefighting personnel directed traffic, until the offending vehicle was eventually removed, thus reopening the busy roadway. Dismembered pieces of signage remain strewn at the accident scene this evening.
FSAI recall a batch of Dairy Farm Vanilla Ice Cream due to chemical smell and taste from the product.
Alert Summary dated Friday, April 4th 2025.
Category 1: For Action Alert Notification: 2025.17 Product Identification: Dairy Farm Vanilla Ice Cream tub; pack size: 1 litre; approval number: IE 1065 EC Batch Code: L24356B; best before date: June 2026 Country Of Origin: Ireland
Message: The above batch of Dairy Farm Vanilla Ice Cream is being recalled due to some customers experiencing a chemical smell and/or taste from the product. Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in Lidl stores.
Action Required: Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.
Note: At the best of times, according to the independent YUKA App. the above product, when scanned by Thurles.Info, contains Mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids, latter a high risk texturizing agent which provides consistency, maintains or modifies the texture of this product. This additive we are informed, could in cases of high consumption, increase the risk of developing cancers and cardiovascular diseases. It is also suspected of disrupting gut flora , which could lead to an increased risk of autoimmune and allergic diseases, as well as inflammatory diseases.
This product also contains Locust bean gum; Guar gum and E415. These additives/texturizing agents used as emulsifiers are believed to also alter gut microbiota. A recent Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale(INSERM) study, [latter the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research], found that such emulsifiers may be associated with the development of breast cancer. However, it is also accepted that further studies are required with regards to this latter claim.
Now comes the questions: (1) With this research knowledge readily available; why are Irish manufacturers allowed to use these additives/texturizing agents in such products? (2) Why are Shops/Supermarkets continuing to sell such products? (3) Could the removal of such additives/texturizing agents from our food, reduce hospital overcrowding and patient waiting time for beds?
We have forwarded these three questions to the Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, Mr Martin Heydon TD. (martin.heydon@oir.ie) and to the Minister for Health, Ms Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD (jennifer.carrollmacneill@oireachtas.ie); seeking early replies.
Intention to close the M8 Motorway, at Junction 6 northbound, Horse And Jockey, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Vehicle drivers are asked to take notice that Tipperary County Council propose to Temporarily close Junction 6 Northbound, on the M8 Motorway, Horse and Jockey, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, also known as the Horse and Jockey/Thurles junction.
This period of closure will be Nightly from 6:00pm until 5.00am on Thursday next, April 10th, 2025 and again on the following Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 through until Friday, April 18th, 2025.
Suggested Alternative Routes: Exit the M8 at Junction 6, Horse and Jockey, turn left, in Horse and Jockey, onto the R639. Follow the R639 through Littleton, Ballyshane and Urlingford, before turning left onto the R693 after Urlingford, to re-join the M8 at junction 4.
The 60s American singer-songwriter, Mr Johnny Tillotson, has sadly passed away at the age of 86 years. His wife Nancy has stated that the singer died on April 1st, due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, while at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.
Announcing his death on Facebook she stated: “It is with a broken heart that I write to let you know that the sweetest, kindest man I ever met Johnny Tillotson, left earth for Heaven yesterday. He was my best beloved, champion of my realm, knight of my heart. Someone said, that sometimes right in the middle of an ordinary life you get a fairy tale. The day I met him I got mine. He was funny, generous and kind. A gentleman through and through. He loved and was grateful to his fans, as he once said, they made every dream, I ever had, come true. Once again on his behalf I say thank you for that”.
One of his songs/lyrics, “It Keeps Right On a Hurtin” was recorded by numerous artists, including Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Conway Twitty and Bobby Darin.
The singer and teen idol was a two-time Grammy nominee, and in 2014, he was inducted into America’s Pop Music Hall of Fame.
Mr Tillotson is survived by his wife Nancy of 45 years, his son John and John’s wife, stepdaughter Genevieve and his grandchildren, Nia, Jackson, Georgia and Gwyneth, his brother Dan and sister-in-law Virginia
Send Me The Pillow You Dream On.
Lyrics: American country music singer and songwriter, the late Hank Locklin(1918 – 2009) Vocals: American singer and songwriter, the late Johnny Tillotson(1938 – 2025)
Send Me The Pillow You Dream On.
Send me the pillow that you dream on, Don’t you know that I still care for you? Send me the pillow that you dream on, So darling, I can dream on it, too. Each night while I’m sleeping oh, so lonely, I’ll share your love in dreams that once were true. Send me the pillow that you dream on, So darling, I can dream on it, too. I’ve waited so long for you to write me, But just a memory’s all that’s left of you. Send me the pillow that you dream on, So darling, I can dream on it, too. So I can dream on it, too.
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