Lucky escape as lobster deemed ‘too big to eat’

A GIANT lobster was saved from the cooker after the Youghal fisherman who caught him decided he was too exquisite to eat.

Kevin Murphy was fishing more than a mile off Youghal beach when he discovered the crustacean among his haul.

“He was 31 inches long and weighed over 10-and-a-half pounds,” Kevin says. “He would actually be too big for a lobster pot.”