There has been a 20% increase in shoppers picking their local butchers over supermarkets since the horsemeat scandal broke, according to the Association of Craft Butchers in Ireland.

After the aromatic taste of wood which won the hearts of Europe, Ireland now aims to grow the market bigger with its latest invention: The chilli pepper pork sausage.

The body representing the majority of the country's small butchers has criticised the proposed new EU ban on T-bone steaks.