Saturday, June 13, 2009

Eight swine flu case confirmed in Northern Ireland

Another case of swine flu has been confirmed in Northern Ireland, bringing the total number of cases there to eight.

The latest diagnosis relates to a woman who had recently returned from the US. She has mild flu symptoms and is recovering at home.

The Northern Ireland Public Health Agency is arranging a follow-up of people who were in close contact with her since she developed symptoms.

Lotto win for radio man

The search for one lucky Lotto winner, who left a winning €350,000 ticket behind him in a shop in County Louth, is over.

After CCTV pictures from the shop were printed in today's papers it's emerged that the winner is Dermot Finglas Junior of Greenbatter in Drogheda, a former employee of radio station LMFM.

Dermot bought his winning ticket in Centra in Hardmans Gardens on Wednesday afternoon but left it behind him on the shop counter, reports breakingnews.ie.

Galway bakery rises to the occasion

Glenamaddy, County Galway-based bakers, Brogan's Bakery, has cooked up a E14 million deal with Tesco to supply muffins to the retail group's British shops.

Brogan's is to add four new products to the range offered to Tesco's 2,000 UK stores from next week, creating 15 new jobs, reports businessworld.ie.

The company already supplies 80 million muffins per year to Tesco UK, providing five different types of muffin.