Could boxty be the next champagne? Calls for special status for potato pancake 

Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue said PGI would greatly enhance the capacity of boxty to grow in popularity and be understood and developed in new markets internationally.

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Calls to give special European status to Boxty, a traditional Irish potato pancake that originated in Ireland 300 years ago, have been intensified.

The plea is directed to the European Commission by artisan producers in the north-west with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine backing.