One takeaway was ordered to close due to sewage contamination risks, with human waste overflowing from a manhole in a staff toilet

Several Irish food businesses were hit with Closure Orders by the FSAI last month – stock photo

A total of 13 food businesses in Ireland were served with closure orders in July 2026 – including popular shop and takeaway which was ordered to shut due to human waste overflowing from a manhole in a staff toilet.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland issued eleven Closure Orders and two Prohibition Orders on food businesses during the month of July for breaches of food safety legislation.

Food businesses are served closure orders “where it is deemed there is or is likely to be” a danger to public health at the premises.

The closure orders handed out to 11 food businesses last month were issued by environmental health officers in the HSE and by officers of the FSAI.

You can find the full list of establishments issued with closure orders in July 2026 below.

Six Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:

Diwali (Restaurant/Café), Unit 1 Castle House, 73-83 South Great Georges Street, Dublin 2: This popular Indian restaurant located in Dublin city centre was issued with a closure order on July 27 after food inspectors found the premises to be a serious risk of food being contaminated. During inspection, the environmental health officer found “evidence of a significant cockroach infestation throughout the kitchen food preparation areas”. The health inspector’s report also stated cockroaches were “present at all stages of their life cycle” and were “actively breeding” on the premises. Multiple dead cockroaches were also found throughout the kitchen food preparation areas. The closure order was lifted on August 7 after sanitation measures were put in place.The Village Shop & Takeaway (Take Away), Mountbolus, Offaly: This Offaly food business was served with a closure order on July 23 after it was discovered that human waste was overflowing from a manhole in the staff toilet into a room storing food contact equipment, adjacent to the food preparation area. The inspector noted that the conditions posed “a grave and immediate risk to public health” as they provided “a direct opportunity for pathogenic bacteria likely to be present in human waste to contaminate food or food preparation areas, rendering it unsafe.” The closure order remains in place.Babylon Restaurant (Take Away), 92-93 Irishtown, Clonmel, Tipperary: This popular restaurant and takeaway was issued with a closure order on July 17 due to serious evidence of non-compliance of on the hygiene of foodstuffs. This included a dead rodent which was discovered “behind equipment in close proximity to food products” and rodent droppings found “under a disused dishwasher”. The closure order was lifted on July 31.The mobile food unit trading as Canteen Street Food (Service Sector-Other), Damastown Park, Damastown Road, Parslickstown, Dublin 15: This food truck was served with a closure order on July 17 as it was noted “there is or is likely to be a grave and immediate danger to public health.” According to the inspector’s report, “adequate facilities were not provided for the purposes of handwashing, cleaning and food preparation,” while “the premises was not maintained in a clean condition”. The order was lifted on July 21.India Dining (Restaurant/Café), Prospect House, Church Street, Wicklow: This Indian restaurant was issued with a closure order on July 16. The inspector noted that “floors, walls, door surfaces and junctions between walls and equipment were unclean, governed in grease and grime”, while food was stored at incorrect temperatures. The order was lifted on July 27.Roots Health Food, food stall trading at Salthill & Monkstown Dart Station (Service Sector/Other), Longford Terrace, Monkstown, Blackrock, County Dublin. This popular health food truck and cafe operating right next to the Salthill and Monkstown DART station was ordered to close on July 7 as rodent droppings were evident in a number of areas, while adequate procedures were not in place to control pets on the premises. The order was lifted on July 9.

Five Closure Orders were served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:

Chicken Club (Take Away), 1 The Square, Listowel, Kerry: This North Kerry fast food restaurant was served with a closure order on July 17 after the inspector noted four non-compliance infringements. These included failure to maintain the premises in a clean and hygienic condition, food stored at incorrect temperatures and failure to implement a food safety management system. The order was lifted on July 20.Sheela Palace (Restaurant/Café), Ballyowen Shopping Centre, Castle Road, Lucan, County Dublin: This Indian restaurant in Lucan was ordered to close on July 15 as “the premises throughout was in a poor state of cleanliness” while the owners had failed to demonstrate that they had “implemented a food safety management system”. The order has not yet been lifted.Deli Gold – Grill House (Restaurant/Café), 3b Hyde Court, Townsend Street, Dublin 2: This Dublin city centre café and restaurant was served with a closure order on July 13 due a ‘defective fridge” and failure to implement a proper food safety management. Theroder was lifted on July 21.Elm Tree Farm Food Stall, trading at Clonmel Show (Retailer/Other), Powerstown Park Racecourse, Clonmel, Tipperary: This food stall was ordered to close on July 5 after inspectors found that no handwashing facilities were available for staff. Inspectors observed staff handling both raw and ready-to-eat foods despite inadequate handwashing facilities. The order remains in place.Sushimi (Closed activity: The preparation and sale of Sushi in the shared kitchen on the first floor of 62 Mary Street, Dublin) (Restaurant/Café), 62 Mary Street, Dublin 1: This sushi business in DUblin city centre was ordered to close on July 1 as “the first-floor kitchen is used concurrently with another food business operator who handles raw meat, ready to eat foods and allergen containing ingredients”. The inspector noted that “this introduces a food safety risk for all foods produced in the concurrently used shared facility”. The order has not yet been lifted.

One Prohibition Order was served under FSAI Act 1998 on:

Ocras (Foods of Non-Animal Origin Processing) Unit H West Cork Business & Technology Park, Clonakilty, Cork: This business which produces a range of frozen foods suitable for people with various levels of swallowing difficulties was served with a probation order on July 2, with the products withdraw including Chicken, Sausage, Whitefish, beef, Lamb and Bacon portions.

One Prohibition Order was served under European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:

Rebel Ice Cream (Wholesaler/Distributor-Other), Unit 4 Cherrywood Business Park, Harbour Point, Little Island, Cork. This ice cream shop was issued with a probation order on July 16 as the food business operator was not able to identify and provide the name and address of the food supplier of a quantity of ice cream food marked as “Not For EU” as set out in the Schedule to the competent authority.

Commenting on the Enforcement Orders issued last month, Mr Greg Dempsey, Chief Executive, FSAI, said: “The issues identified in these Enforcement Orders are deeply concerning and demonstrate serious failures in basic food safety controls.

“We continue to see cases where essential requirements, including effective cleaning, pest control, safe food handling practices, staff training and food safety management systems, are not being properly implemented. These are not optional measures; they are legal requirements that every food business must have in place to protect consumers.

“Where businesses fail to meet these fundamental standards and public health is at risk, enforcement action will continue to be taken”.

Details of the food businesses served with Enforcement Orders are published on the FSAI’s website. Closure Orders and Improvement Orders will remain listed in the enforcement reports on the website for a period of three months from the date of when a premises is adjudged to have corrected its food safety issue, with Prohibition Orders being listed for a period of one month.

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