Rodent nursery grime at RTE

Campus creche shut after vermin droppings found in kitchen

- RUAIRI SCOTT BYRNE

A CHILDCARE facility based at RTE's Donnybrook campus is among eight premises which were issued with closure orders last month after rodent droppings were found in the kitchen.

The closure orders were issued by environmental health officers in the HSE and by officers of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).

The creche, which is based in Montrose House and is operated by Wee Care Day nurseries, was among four closure orders issued under the FSAI Act, which states that “a grave and immediate danger to public health” had been identified.

The facility's kitchen and staff canteen were ordered to close “for failure to comply” with health and safety regulations after inspectors discovered “a significant number of rodent droppings” in a number of locations in the kitchen.