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FSAI Recall Centra Hot Smoked BBQ Salmon.

Food Safety Authority of Ireland have recalled a batch of Centra Hot Smoked BBQ Salmon, due to missing cooking instructions on the label.

Alert Summary dated Friday, May 30th 2025.

Category 1: For Action
Alert Notification: 2025.23
Product Identification: Centra Hot Smoked BBQ Salmon; pack size: 200g; approval number: IE-DN 0012-EC
Batch Code: 44911N; Use by date: 07/06/2025
Country Of Origin: Ireland

Message: The above batch of Centra Hot Smoked BBQ Salmon is being recalled as it was mispacked with raw Centra salmon darnes and the label does not have cooking instructions. Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores supplied with the implicated batch.

Action Required: Manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, caterers & retailers:

Retailers: Same are requested to remove the implicated batch from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.

Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.

Druminchin Hills.

Druminchin Hills by Seamus O’Rourke

Druminchin Hills
Lie down flat you Druminchin Hills,
For there’s damn-all for you to see,
And there’s no one looks at your rushy sides,
Or your mossy bottom down at Kelly’s Drain,
And what sod you have can go to sleep.
For hungry sheep would rather wait to die…..

The Button Pusher.

The Button Pusher.

Vocals: Irish folk band The Dubliners and Luke Kelly.
Lyrics: Scotland born and Canada-based folksinger and songwriter Enoch Kent.

The Button Pusher.

I am the man, the well-fed man, in charge of the terrible knob.
The most pleasing thing about it, it’s almost a permanent job.
When the atom war is over, and the world is split in three,
A consolation I got, well maybe it’s not, there’ll be nobody left but me.

I sit at me desk in Washington in charge of this great machine,
More vicious than Adolf Hitler, more deadly than strychnine,
And in the evening after a tiring day, just to give myself a laugh,
I hit the button a playful belt and I listen for the blast.

Chorus:
Well I am the man, the well-fed man, in charge of the terrible knob.
The most pleasing thing about it, it’s almost a permanent job,
When the atom war is over, and the world is split in three,
A consolation I got, well maybe it’s not, there’ll be nobody left but me
.

Repeat Chorus:
If Brezhnev starts his nonsense, and makes a nasty spell,
With a wink and a nod from Nixon, I’ll blast them all to hell,
And as for that Fidel Castro, him with the sugar cane,
He needn’t hide behind his whiskers, I’ll get him just the same.

Repeat Chorus:
If me wife denies me con-jugular rights or my breakfast milk is sour,
From eight to nine in the morning you’re in for a nervous hour.
The button being so terribly close, it’s really a dreadful joke,
A butt with my arse, as I go past, and we’ll all go up in smoke.

Repeat Chorus:
Now I’m thinking of joining the army, the army that bans the bomb.
We’ll take up a large collection, and I’ll donate my thumb.
For without it, I am helpless, and that’s the way to be.
You don’t have to kill the whole bloody lot to make the people free.

END.

Death Of Marie Bannon, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death, on Tuesday 27th May 2025, of Mrs Marie Bannon (née Dwan), Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Killoskehane, Barnane, Drom, Templemore, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by her husband Brendan, parents William and Delia, sister Nora Mary, brothers John and Martin; Mrs Bannon passed away while in the loving care of the Slievenamon Unit of Tipperary University Hospital Clonmel.

Her passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her sorrowing family; loving daughters Gerrardine (Coffey, Liberty Square Thurles) and Brid (Hernon), sons P.J., Liam and Brendán, sons-in-law Martin and Tim, daughters-in-law Yvonne, Theresa and Kate, grandchildren Bronagh, Louis, Cían, Katelyn, Amber, Bill, Tony, Edward and Emily, brother Michael, sisters-in-law Mary and Anne, nephews, nieces, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mrs Bannon will repose at her home in Ballycahill, (Eircode E41 RF98), on tomorrow afternoon, Friday May 30th, from 5:00pm until 8:00pm same evening.
Her remains will be received into the Church of St. Cataldus, Ballycahill, Thurles on Saturday morning at 11:00am, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:30am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in Ballycahill cemetery, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

For those persons who wish to attend Requiem Mass for Mrs Bannon, but for reasons cannot, same can be viewed, streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Bannon and Dwan 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.

Note Please: House strictly private on Saturday morning. Family flowers only. Donations in lieu, if desired to the Slievenamon Unit, Tipperary University Hospital.

The family of Mrs Bannon would like to thank the staff at Tipperary University Hospital Clonmel
for the wonderful care that she received
.

Death Of Denis Ryan, Formerly Of Templederry, Co. Tipperary.

It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death, today Wednesday 28th May 2025, of Mr Denis Ryan (Kirwan), [National Parks and Wildlife Service], Newport, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Templederry, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his parents Tommy and Mary and his brothers Seamus and Gus; Mr Ryan passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, while in the care of staff at University Hospital, Limerick City, Co. Limerick.

His passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his sorrowing family;loving wife Peggy (née McLoughlin), sons Murty, PJ, Noel, Seamus, Thomas and Donach, daughter Breda, grandchildren, great grandchildren, son-in-law Sean, daughters-in-law Deirdre, Orla, Helen, Brid and Noreen, brothers Tommy, Gerry, Pakie and Jack sisters Nora and Philomena, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Ryan will repose at Meehan’s Funeral Home, Newport, Co. Tipperary, (Eircode V94 A9Y5), on tomorrow afternoon, Thursday 29th May, from 5:30pm until 7:30pm same evening.
His remains will be received into the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Toor, Co Tipperary, on Friday morning, May 30th, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:30am, followed by interment in Rockvale cemetery, Newport, Co. Tipperary.

The extended Ryan and McLoughlin 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.

Note Please: Family flowers only. Donations in lieu, if desired, to the Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland.