| Irish smoking ban lessons to be
learnt in Britain The Local Government Association (LGA) have
used figures from Ireland to claim the imminent smoking ban in England
could cause an extra 25 tonnes of litter a day.
Councils are gearing up to tackle problems posed by old cigarette butts,
matches and cigarette boxes once all enclosed public places become smoke-free
in Britain on July 1, following a similar ban in the North of Ireland.
The LGA said that according to Irish Business Against Litter, figures
from Dublin showed that cigarette litter rose by 20 per cent following
the Irish ban in 2003.
An LGA spokesman said: “Town halls are gearing up to deal with the
hundreds of extra tonnes of cigarette butts, matches and cigarette boxes
that could be carelessly chucked onto our streets by smokers after July
1.”
Quality Sausages
CELEBRITY chef Paul Rankin has teamed-up again with beef and lamb processor
Doherty and Gray to create a premium steak sausage for major retail chains
in Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
Rankin worked with Doherty and Gray’s product development team at
the company’s plant in Ballymena in the North of Ireland to create
a traditional Irish farmhouse-styled sausage but with a higher steak content
to give the product a more distinctive flavour and richer texture.
Doherty and Gray already supplies its Rankin Selection of Irish pork and
leek sausages to major food retailers in Britain such as Waitrose, Morrisons,
Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda.
In the Republic of Ireland, Rankin Selection sausages are now available
in both Dunnes and Superquinn stores. |
