I HAVE eaten my fair share of fish and chips. But until last week, I’d never pictured myself working in a chipper, surrounded by bubbling vats of hot oil and learning how to make battered fish.

Traditional Italian chippers around the country will be offering cut-price takeaways to hungry punters today to mark 'National Fish and Chips Day'.

THE Irish Traditional Italian Chippers Association (ITICA) is to offer customers half-price fish and chips all day on May 25 to reflect the 125-year-old tradition.