Irish distribution boards all have a main switch and main fuse on the board itself. This has been standard practice going right back to the early days.
This was originally a diazed fuse, now more commonly a minized switch-fuse unit that looks like this:
They carry a standard neozed fuse
There's also a sealed double-pole switch after the meter on more modern installations. (Sealed by the contractor after certification of the system)
The logic being, that on a 230/400V distribution system the end users couldn't realistically expect fault protection from the network side. It would take a pretty serious distribution system fault for the over current protection on a pad mounted transformer to kick in.