Recall of specific batches of SuperValu Sesame Seeds due to the presence of Salmonella.
Alert Summary dated Wednesday, August 5th 2026.
Category 1: For Action. Alert Notification: 2026.48. Product Identification: SuperValu Sesame Seeds; pack size: 200g. Batch Code: 167 and 168; best before date: May 2027.
Message: The above batches of SuperValu Sesame Seeds are being recalled due to the presence of Salmonella. Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale in SuperValu stores.
Nature Of Danger: People infected with Salmonella typically develop symptoms between 12 and 36 hours after infection, but this can range between 6 and 72 hours. The most common symptom is diarrhoea, which can sometimes be bloody. Other symptoms may include fever, headache, and abdominal cramps. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days. Diarrhoea can occasionally be severe enough to require hospital admission. The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness.
Retailers: Same are requested to remove the implicated batches from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale. Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batches.
Recall of a batch of Compania Indilor Orientale Susan Sesame Seeds due to the presence of Salmonella.
Alert Summary dated Wednesday, August 5th 2026
Category 1: For Action. Alert Notification: 2026.47. Product Identification: Compania Indilor Orientale Susan Sesame Seeds; pack size: 50g. Batch Code: L1312242; best before date: 31/07/2026. Country Of Origin: India.
Message: The above batch of Compania Indilor Orientale Susan Sesame Seeds is being recalled due to the presence of Salmonella. Although it has passed its best before date, consumers are advised to check their cupboards for the implicated batch. Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.
Nature Of Danger: People infected with Salmonella typically develop symptoms between 12 and 36 hours after infection, but this can range between 6 and 72 hours. The most common symptom is diarrhoea, which can sometimes be bloody. Other symptoms may include fever, headache, and abdominal cramps. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days. Diarrhoea can occasionally be severe enough to require hospital admission. The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness.
Retailers: Same are requested to remove the implicated batch from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale. Wholesalers / Distributors: Same are requested to contact their affected customers and recall the implicated batch and provide a point-of-sale recall notice to their retailer customers. Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.
McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd. has submitted a new planning application for a prominent illuminated sign at its drive-thru development currently under construction in Thurles.
Planning application reference 2660699 seeks permission for a 6.5-metre-high totem sign on the western side of the site at Slievenamon Road and the Thurles Relief Road. The proposed structure would feature the familiar yellow acrylic, internally illuminated McDonald’s “Golden Arches”, together with all associated works required for its installation.
The drive-thru restaurant itself was previously permitted under Tipperary County Council planning reference 2460829, subsequently considered under An Coimisiún Pleanála reference 322465-25. The planning authority granted permission in April 2025, subject to conditions, and the development is now under construction. An Coimisiún Pleanála’s inspector examined issues including traffic, lighting, visual amenity, nearby homes and the site’s relationship with the town centre before recommending approval.
However, one wonders why the applicants now require a separate application for a 6.5-metre Golden Arches totem, perhaps the signage details simply got lost somewhere between ordering the fries and securing permission for the drive-thru.
No doubt residents overlooking the site will be absolutely thrilled to discover that this substantial, internally illuminated Golden Arches sign, has arrived through a fresh planning application; after permission for the restaurant itself had already been secured and construction had begun. How extremely thoughtful of McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland Ltd to deal with such a visually prominent feature separately.
Local Retailers Note: There could be a major run, in the near future, on Blackout Roller Blinds and Sleep Masks sought by the families overlooking this restaurant site; so stock up.
Whatever one’s view of the restaurant, signage of this height and brightness deserves proper scrutiny, particularly regarding its visibility from nearby homes, its effect on residential amenity and its overall impact on the surrounding streetscape after dark.
More than 600 patients were being treated without a regular hospital bed today Tuesday, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, as the union warned of a “summer trolley crisis”.
The INMO recorded 617 admitted patients on trolleys, chairs or in other inappropriate bed spaces across the country. As usual University Hospital Limerick (UHL) serving North Tipperary, has the highest total, at 130.
This national figure was 189 higher than the 428 patients recorded by the union on August 5th last year 2025; an increase of approximately 44%. INMO general secretary, Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha, described this situation as “outrageous”, saying patients and staff were bearing the consequences of an avoidable crisis, during one of the hottest summers on record.
At UHL, INMO assistant director Ms Mary Fogarty described the persistent overcrowding as “like Groundhog Day”. She said the hospital’s recently added 96-bed unit had not produced a meaningful improvement and called for an independent examination of unusually high attendances and admission decisions. HSE Mid West has rejected the suggestion that operational performance was the principal problem. It said analysis by HIQA and the ESRI had identified a long-standing mismatch between demand and acute-bed capacity in the region. RTÉ’s report carries the statements from both sides.
Why the HSE recorded only 408 patients The HSE’s official 8:00am report recorded 408 patients on trolleys: 272 in emergency departments and 136 on wards. It separately reported 551 surge-capacity beds in use at 2:00pm. These figures are confirmed in the HSE’s daily urgent and emergency-care report.
The 209-patient difference between the INMO and HSE trolley totals is mainly a question of classification and collection, not evidence that one side made a simple arithmetic error.
Explanation: ► The INMO count is compiled from reports by nurses in participating hospitals. It covers admitted patients who have no ordinary inpatient bed and are being treated on trolleys, chairs, extra beds or in other spaces the union considers inappropriate.
The HSE uses hospitals’ administrative reporting under defined TrolleyGAR categories. It now includes qualifying patients in both emergency departments and wards.
Crucially, the HSE excludes patients placed in designated surge-capacity beds from its headline trolley total and reports that capacity separately. An official parliamentary answer describing the methodology explicitly states that designated surge beds are not included in TrolleyGAR.
The two systems can also classify particular spaces differently. A temporary bed in a day ward or assessment unit may be treated as operational surge capacity by the HSE, but still regarded by the INMO as an inappropriate or inadequately staffed bed setting.
Differences in reporting processes, participating locations and validation can create further hospital-level discrepancies.
The HSE’s 551 surge figure should not simply be added to its trolley total or subtracted from the INMO figure. It was recorded at a different time, covers all occupied surge beds and is a separate measure of temporary capacity rather than a reconciliation table.
The safest presentation is therefore: the INMO counted 617 admitted patients without a regular bed, while the HSE classified 408 as trolley patients and separately reported 551 surge beds in use.
Both datasets indicate severe pressure, but they measure that pressure using different boundaries.
Patients throughout North Tipperary are facing renewed concerns about access to emergency hospital care after University Hospital Limerick recorded the highest level of overcrowding in the country during July.
North Tipperary’s TDs, namely Mr Michael Lowry, Mr Ryan O’Meara and Mr Alan Kelly, must now press for immediate measures to relieve this overcrowding, strengthen emergency and acute-care capacity across the Mid-West, and ensure that patients from the region can access safe and timely hospital treatment. All above named should raise this escalating crisis at UHL directly with Minister for Health Ms Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, and demand a clear, time-bound response.
A total of 2,172 patients were treated on trolleys, chairs or other inappropriate bed spaces at UHL during the month, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
University Hospital Limerick Which Serves North Tipperary.
The Dooradoyle hospital provides the principal 24-hour emergency and critical-care services for the Mid-West, including North Tipperary. The continuing pressure at UHL therefore has direct consequences for patients and families in communities including Nenagh, Roscrea, Newport, Borrisokane and surrounding areas. Nationally, 10,394 admitted patients were left waiting for hospital beds during July. It was the first July on record in which the figure exceeded 10,000.
UHL accounted for more than one-fifth of the national total and remained by far the most overcrowded hospital in Ireland. University Hospital Galway recorded 919 patients on trolleys during July, while the figure at Sligo University Hospital was 800. The INMO has called on the Health Service Executive to treat the situation at UHL as a major incident and to deploy all resources necessary to the hospital.
INMO General Secretary Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha said the overcrowding experienced this summer represented a serious warning ahead of the traditionally difficult autumn and winter period. She said senior HSE decision-makers should be present at UHL throughout the bank holiday weekend and in the weeks ahead to oversee the response. The union’s intervention comes as people have been advised to consider other care options, before attending the UHL Emergency Department, except in cases involving serious illness, major injury or a life-threatening emergency.
For North Tipperary residents, however, the continuing problems highlight the limited emergency-care options available within the region. While services such as the Injury Unit and Medical Assessment Unit at Nenagh Hospital can treat certain patients, those requiring emergency or complex acute care may still have to travel to UHL.
The INMO also warned that sustained overcrowding, staff shortages and increasing workloads are placing nurses and midwives under relentless pressure. Ms Ní Sheaghdha said healthcare workers were being asked to provide care in conditions that would previously have been considered unimaginable during the summer months. She also accused employers of failing to provide sufficient support following critical incidents and of compromising staff health and wellbeing.
On Friday morning, a further 362 admitted patients were waiting without beds in hospitals across the country.
The record July figures are likely to intensify calls for additional hospital capacity, staffing and emergency-care services for North Tipperary and the wider Mid-West region.
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