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Two workers at a top Dublin hotel were hospitalised after 'poisoned' chocolates were delivered to them.

Gardai are now hunting for the perpetrator after the Ferrero Rochers - which had been addressed to staff at the White Sands Hotel in Portmarnock - were laced with a substance.

It is understood a taxi driver unwittingly brought the contaminated chocolates to the staff after he had been hired to do so by the suspect in Donnycarney.

A male and a female hotel worker fell ill after eating the sweets and needed to be taken to hospital.

It’s understood that gardai seized the remaining chocolates and have taken them for analysis.

A spokesperson for the hotel confirmed to Dublin Live that chocolates were delivered and eaten by staff on Monday.

She said: "Chocolates were delivered and were ingested by staff."

A duty manager said today: "It has been a very stressful time for staff and we are not commenting further."

It is understood gardai are investigating the incident and traced the chocolates back to the innocent taxi driver using CCTV.

A source said: "Staff are in shock, it's a family run hotel, everyone is horrified after what happened to their colleagues.

"It's a lovely hotel, very well run, this has come as a huge shock to everyone."

More follows.