Calls have been made in Clare for new legislation to be put in place to allow restaurants to carry epipens in their first aid box.
This is a device used to combat anaphylaxis, the serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death.
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Ennis Councillor Paul O’Shea is outside the Dail today to highlight the issue, it comes following the tragic death of 14 year old Emma Sloan who died outside a Dublin restaurant just before Christmas as a result of a nut allergy.
Cllr O’Shea say 25 percent of Irish people have some sort of food allergy and something must be done to stop another premature death.
