Monthly Archives: February 2012

April Collins (24) — the chief prosecution witness in a Special Criminal Court trial against brothers Wayne (33) and John Dundon (30) — said she was terrified after Wayne threatened her, “as I knew he’d kill me”.

April Collins said she ended her relationship with the defendants’ youngest brother Ger Dundon (above) in October 2010.

They have three sons together and the court heard Ms Collins stopped bringing the children to jail to see their father.

And then what?

“The court heard that Ger Dundon employed a priest and a nun to bring his children to prison to see him.
Ms Collins admitted that her former partner often got a priest and nun to ring her, but she instructed the prison to take her phone number off his prison calls. The trial continues.”
Oh.
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That’s nice of them.
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On foot of the Food Safety Authority’s See Something, Say Something campaign, launched last year, this just in:

In total, there were 966 complaints about unfit food, 497 complaints about suspected food poisoning, 446 about hygiene standards, 137 about incorrect information on food labels, 37 about incorrect advertising and 332 other complaints.

The authority said contamination with foreign objects was “frequently” reported by consumers last year.
“In 2011, these reports included food contaminated with live and dead insects; a tooth; a false nail; pieces of metal; plastic rubber tubing; and a plaster,” the authority said.

Specific incidents included a report of a small dead rodent in a bag of bananas, and a bolt “complete with nut and washer” in meatballs.

Consumers also reported concerns about food being sold past its ‘best-before’ date, where no information was displayed at the point of sale.

Food Complaints Include ‘Dead Rodent’ (Irish Times)

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