A medical ward in a hospital had to be closed last month after rat droppings and a dead rodent were found in a kitchen.
The Food Safety Authority says a closure order was served on the kitchen in a Male Medical Ward in Our Lady's Hospital in Navan in Co Meath.
It found activity described as "fresh rodent droppings in the press unit underneath the wash hand basin, along with a dead rodent trapped underneath the sink unit".
This was one of nine closure orders issued by the authority in December 2018 for breaching hygiene standards.
