Turning your back on tucking into other creatures is not simply the morally correct choice, it could also go a long way to saving the world says Suzanne Harrington

Next Saturday, Cork will be the vegan capital of Ireland when it hosts Vegfest at the City Hall. Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.

Irish meat-free product Dee’s Organic Omega Burgers has been inducted into VegFest UK’s Hall of Fame — alongside meat-free musicians Moby, Ozzy Osbourne, Sinéad O’Connor, and Russell Brand.