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FSAI Recall Batches Of Nestle Frosted Shreddies.

Recall of specific batches of Nestle Frosted Shreddies due to the possible presence of hard lumps of sugar.

Alert Summary dated Friday, 28th February 2025.

Category 1: For Action
Alert Notification: 2025.13.
Product Identification: Please see table below.
Batch Code: Please see table below.
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Message: The below batches of Nestlé Frosted Shreddies products are being recalled due to the possible presence of hard lumps of sugar.
Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores.

Product Name.Pack size.Batch codes.Best before dates.
Nestlé Frosted Shreddies500g42870952
42880952
42890952
42900952
07/2025
07/2025
07/2025
07/2025
Nestlé Frosted Shreddies.
These packs are sold as part of the Nestlé Box Bowl Mixed Cereals. The following batch codes are printed on the individual Nestlé Frosted Shreddies 40g box
40g42913451
42923451
42933451
43173451
43183451
43193451
43203451
43233451
06/2025
06/2025
06/2025
07/2025
07/2025
07/2025
07/2025
07/2025

Action Required: Manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, caterers & retailers:
Retailers: Same are requested to remove the implicated batches from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.
Wholesalers/distributors: Same 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.

Death Of Maura Armstrong, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, today Friday 28th February 2025 of Mrs Maura Armstrong (née Shanahan), Gurtahoola, Drombane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Just five days short of her 100th birthday and pre-deceased by her husband Jimmy, infant son Patrick Joseph, parents Denis and Nora, three sisters and five brothers; Mrs Armstrong passed away peacefully at her place of ordinary residence, surrounded by her loving family.

Her passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her sorrowing family; daughters Marian (Heffernan) Celbridge, Co Kildare, Martina (Heffernan), Two-Mile-Borris, Thurles, sons Denis, John, Michael, Seamus and P.J, sons-in-law Donal and Martin, daughters-in-law Eileen, Mary, Noreen, Anne and Michelle, her 21 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, sister-in-law Betty (Australia), nieces, nephews, extended relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mrs Armstrong will repose at O’Dwyers Funeral Home, Cappanleigh, Upperchurch, Thurles, (Eircode E41 FN34) on Saturday afternoon, March 1st, from 4:00pm until 7:00pm same evening.
Her remains will be received into the Church of St Mary, Drombane, Thurles on Sunday afternoon at 12:30pm, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 1:00pm, followed by interment, immediately afterwards in Upperchurch Cemetery.

For those persons who are unable to attend Requiem Mass for Mrs Armstrong, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Armstrong family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Death Of Seamus Mackey, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, today Friday 28th February 2025 of Mr Seamus Mackey, Gleann Rí, Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his parents James and Liz and sister Eileen; Mr Mackey passed away peacefully, while in the care of staff at Fennor Hill Nursing Home, Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny.

His passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his sorrowing family; loving wife Josephine (née Kennedy), daughters Caroline (Foley) and Michelle (Breen), sons Seamus and P.J., grandchildren Jamie, Kayleigh, Shauna, Cathal and Róisin, sons-in-law Tony and Conor, daughter-in-law Lorraine, brothers Larry, Mick and Billy, sisters Kathleen, Philly, Marian, Ann and Janie, nephews, nieces, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Mackey will repose at Hugh Ryan’s Funeral Home, Slievenamon Road, Thurles, on Sunday afternoon, March 2nd, from 5:00pm until 7:00pm, before being received into the former Cistercian Monastery Abbey at Holycross, Thurles, at 8:00pm same evening.
Requiem Mass for Mr Mackey will be celebrated on Monday morning, March 3rd, at 11:30am, followed by interment immediately afterwards, in the adjoining graveyard.

For those persons who are unable to attend Requiem Mass for Mr Mackey, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Mackey and Kennedy families wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Charter Deportations Flights From Ireland Have Recommenced.

It has been confirmed that chartered deportation flights have recommenced in order to enforce Ireland’s immigration laws. Yesterday, Thursday, 27th February, a chartered flight to Georgia, removed persons who were subject to Deportation Orders, from the Irish State.

This is the first operation conducted under a contract signed by the State, last November, for the provision of charter aircraft for these purposes. Further operations will be conducted as the year progresses.

Charter flights provide an alternative to commercial flights and can be more appropriate in circumstances when a group of individuals are being removed to the same destination.

A contract was signed in November last year for the provision of charter aircraft for deportation operation purposes. Access to these services has significantly increased the capacity of An Garda Síochána, to effect removals.

Enforced removals are carried out as a measure of last resort when the person concerned has not removed themselves from the State or availed of assisted voluntary return measures.

In this instance, the people concerned were Georgian nationals and the flight left Dublin Airport on Thursday night before landing in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday morning.

The returnees were accompanied on the flight by Garda personnel, medical staff, an interpreter and a human rights observer.

77 Year Old County Tipperary Advertisements.

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”. Quote by George Bernard Shaw.

Just three years after World War II, the following two advertisements relating to Co. Tipperary appeared in a Muintir Na Tire handbook publication, entitled “Rural Ireland 1948”.

The first advertisements, show directly above, relates to the town of Thurles and the once existing Mineral Manufacturer “Dwans”. Note the Company Telephone Number in the picture.

The second advertisements, again show directly above, relates to Roscrea and the Roscrea Bacon Factory, Ltd. Note the somewhat humerus sausage promotion and also the telephone number.

Today, in relation to both companies, we understand the quote by American politician and lawyer, Robert Kennedy (1925-1968):
“Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator, and change has its enemies”
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