Top honours in the world’s biggest fine food awards have returned to Ireland, with an ultra-traditional beef dripping from James Whelan Butchers in Co Tipperary being named Great Taste Supreme Champion 2015.

Beef dripping made from the suet of grass-fed Angus and Hereford beef by James Whelan Butchers in Clonmel, Co Tipperary is one of five Irish entries placed in the top 50 of the Great Taste Awards.