Good news foodies! Kildare restaurants are among the most hygienic in the country

Restaurants in Kildare are among the cleanest in the country, according to a new report released by the Food Safety Authority.

The report, which is published in today's Daily Mirror, focuses on the amount of hygiene penalties handed out to both restaurants and wholesalers over the past 10 years.

The figures for Kildare were quite pleasing, showing that the county had the second lowest rate in the country when it came to the amount of penalties issued over businesses being dirty.

A total of 976 hygiene penalties have been issued over the past decade, with 691 of those being closure orders, while 130 were prohibition orders and 46 were improvement orders. The figures that were published take into account the amount of sanctions issued per 100,000.

Kildare has the second lowest rate in the country, with just seven premises per 100,000 of population being slapped on the wrist for being dirty. Kilkenny was the only county that fared better, with just two sanctions per 100,000.

Roscommon was the worst county in the country when it came to sanctions issued, with a massive total of 72 per 100,000, while Laois came next with a rate of 35 per 100,000.