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Celebrity chef says restaurant will be fun CELEBRITY
chef Marco Pierre White has vowed to put the fun back into Irish dining.
The 46-year-old restaurateur promised his new Hell’s Kitchen Brasserie
at the Point Village in Dublin will be a culinary delight.
He said: “The kitchen might be hell but the food will be from heaven.”
Despite an intimidating reputation as the enfant terrible of the British
restaurant scene Mr White promised his Irish customers nothing but a good
time.
“Everything I do is about selling fun,” he said.
“It’s a night out. I’m not here to give people gastronomy.
I did that for 20 years. I’m here to sell fun and deliver a package
to Ireland that everyone wants.”
The new restaurant is due to open at the Point Village in Dublin’s
Docklands early next year.
Mr White said: “The most important aspect of any restaurant is the
environment. If you don’t feel comfortable then it doesn’t
matter how good everything else is.”
Fees uncollected
ALMOST ?400million in hospital charges has not been collected by the Department
of Health over the past three years.
The figure was revealed as Ireland’s Health Service Executive continued
to make significant cutbacks in an effort to recoup a deficit of ?255million.
According to figures published by the Department of Health the uncollected
amount of almost ?400million between 2005 and 2007 is equivalent to almost
40 per cent of the total charges levied.
Fine Gael’s Denis Naughten who obtained the figures in a parliamentary
question said it was a disturbing sign of dysfunction in the health service.
He said: “The health budget is now more than ?16billion but it is
a poor indicator of the HSE’s ability to get value for money when
hundreds of millions in hospital fees are going uncollected.”
Trucker fined
A TRUCK driver has been fined ?900 for careless driving which caused over
?500,000 worth of damage to a major traffic tunnel.
The accident in Cork last year was caused by the 41-year-old Polish national
driving through the Jack Lynch tunnel with an oversized load. The load
caused damage to the tunnel roof and left traffic in chaos as part of
the tunnel had to be shut for repairs.
Pyotr Kowalicki pleaded guilty at Cork District Court to careless driving
and leaving the scene of an accident.
He was fined ?700 for careless driving and a total of ?200 for failing
to report an accident and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
A MAN suspected of being one of Ireland’s top sex industry bosses
has been arrested for a second time by gardaí as part of an escalating
Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) crackdown.
The arrests are part of a joint operation codenamed Boulder involving
the CAB and Cork gardaí into the illegal sex trade.
The suspect who is in his 50s was arrested at his home in north Cork and
questioned throughout the day by detectives.
He was later released without charge.
A MAN who stole almost €37,000 from his employer in an amateurish
fraud has had his sentencing adjourned.
William Ormsby from Dunshaughlin in Co. Meath wrote his own name after
the company name on cheques payable to his employer’s business and
lodged amounts totalling €36,713 in his own bank account.
The 41-year-old pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 10
counts of stealing cheques payable to Professional Hygiene Services.
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