A record 21 food closure orders were issued on premises in April, with rodent and cockroach infestations among the reasons

A series of reports from the Office of Public Works (OPW) detail how the Áras was forced to call in exterminators on an almost monthly basis over the past year.

A DOG was bitten on the nose by a rat in the midst of what appears to be a rodent infestation in an area in Cobh.