Agri-Business
Butchers and convenience meals provider join forces
An Armagh producer of South-East Asian style convenience meals, Karri Kitchen is set to benefit from a new deal with...
Butchers
Rural Life
A case for craft butchers: Not just for Christmas
Animal welfare, lower food miles and support for your local economy are all reasons to back independent craft butchers, yet...
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Native Tree Area Scheme makes planting trees easier
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
Agri-Business
1,500 independent butcher shops close in 30 years
The number of independent butcher shops in Ireland fell by 65% over an almost 30-year period, according to the coordinators...
Rural Life
New breed of grocers embrace nostalgia
The grandsons of Dominic Doyle who owned and ran the renowned D.B. Doyle’s butchers and meat processing plant in Newbridge,...
Agri-Business
'Ballet dancers prioritised over butchers' amid UK food shortages
The UK government has noted that Britain has a lack of ballet dancers – but “ignores food shortages caused by...
Agri-Business
‘Olympics of Butchery’ back on for 2022
Butchers across the UK and Ireland have plenty of time to sharpen their skills ahead of the industry’s answer to...
Agri Politics
'Lack of certainty' remains over abattoir inspection funding - TD
A Co. Cork-based TD has warned that there remains a “lack of certainty” over the future of local council funding...
Beef
Funding dispute threatening butchers and small abattoirs resolved
A dispute over the funding of food safety controls including veterinary inspection, which had threatened to shut 120 butchers and...
Sponsored
Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Beef
Butchers: 120 businesses 'will have to close' due to authority funding dispute
120 businesses will have to close due to a lack of veterinary inspection if a funding dispute is not resolved...
Beef
'Meat' the Irish butchers now officially the best in the world
Team Ireland has been named the best butchers in the world after butchers from across the island teamed together to...
Agri-Business
Tipperary Butcher invests €100,000 in new butchery academy
A Butchery Academy has been set up by a Tipperary based butchers, dedicated to training 10 candidates in the art...
Pig/Poultry
Animal rights group protests outside Dublin butchers
The animal rights group ARAN held a demonstration outside a butcher’s shop in Dublin yesterday (Monday), highlighting the alleged inhumane...
Agri-Business
Kildare butchers wins prestigious UK award
Nolan’s butchers of Kilcullen, Co. Kildare has won the prestigious title of ‘Champion of Champions’ which was awarded in the...