'The best time to start is now': Cork butcher Tom Durcan launches a new venture at the Marina Market

The Nuaasador stall is a move away from traditional fare and further into craft produce, including dry-aged meats

Tom Durcan, butcher, The English Market, Cork: branching out in a new world. Pic: Paul Sherwood.

Having built a reputation on his English Market shop, and the traditional spiced beef beloved by generations of Corkonians, it'd be easy for butcher and local former business rep Tom Durcan to rest on his laurels.

So the announcement of a new stall at the Marina Market in the city's docklands might raise some eyebrows among the city's foodie community.