It comes after a call alerted the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CC) helpline that a loose thread from one of the socks had wrapped tightly around their baby’s toe, causing it to swell.

Court presenter Sergeant Majella O’Sullivan told Youghal District Court that Alexandru Covaci, 34, from Romania was visiting relatives in Midleton, Co. Cork when he was arrested.

The list of products recalled includes curry powder and Cajun seasoning

Mr Justice Sanfey, who made several declarations in his judgement, found that “groceries”, as contained in a lease agreement, "extends beyond food or food products."

The voucher scheme has been central to the success of Dunnes Stores in recent years

Businessman Ben Dunne was kidnapped by the IRA in 1981.

He played a leading role in the growth of the supermarket empire and became one of Ireland’s best-known business figures.

Dunnes Stores must pay an amended €8.53 million Revenue bill due to the plastic bag levy.

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council refused planning permission after finding the scheme would constitute overdevelopment and would be visually overbearing

Flash flooding and torrential rain is causing havoc in Tralee in Co Kerry

Dublin fashion designer Joanne Hynes created the new line of wedding dresses.

Judge John O’Connor said he accepted her clients, an aunt and her niece, had been asked to leave Dunnes in Dublin’s Talbot Street

UL president Professor Kerstin Mey said the former Dunnes Stores building was ‘strategic and iconic’.

Planning documents lodged with Dublin City Council by Dunnes firm, Better Value Unlimited Co state that the scheme provides "for a vibrant shopping centre.

The building complex has been mostly empty since its completion in 2008

Phyluma Ltd has sued Dunnes Stores (Georges Street) Unlimited Co claiming it is in breach of a "keep open" clause its anchor tenancy for a Dunnes clothing outlet at the Merchant's Quay Shopping Centre in Cork

Taking to Twitter he said : "This is a difficult tweet for me to send, but I want to thank the two ladies who comforted me in Dunnes Stores in Cornelscourt this afternoon.

Union Mandate is seeking a 7.7% pay increase, extra leave days, better discount and more full-time contracts

The “Mr Price” group is to appeal a High Court ruling that it cannot sell certain grocery items from a store in a retail park where Dunnes Stores is the anchor tenant

The data from Kantar showed take-home grocery sales in Ireland fell by 4.9 per cent in the 12 weeks to June 12th