Five Irish foods make it to the top of 10,000 Great Taste entries

Beef dripping made from the suet of grass-fed Angus and Hereford beef by James Whelan Butchers in Clonmel, Co Tipperary is one of five Irish entries placed in the top 50 of the Great Taste Awards.

The Taste Awards are widely acknowledged as the most respected food accreditation schemes for artisan and speciality fine food and drink.

And one Munster company, Kerryfish, run by the Quinlan family in Co Kerry, has secured two places in the top 50, out of about 10,000 Great Taste entries.