Butchers buck the trend as doors stay open

HIGH-STREET butchers have bucked the recession to emerge as the most resilient sector of Ireland’s service industry.

Industry chiefs have reported that not one single trader has gone out of business in the past 12 months, as customers return to the traditional butcher to buy their meat.

Unlike almost every other sector of our beleaguered service industry, butchers are even making a comeback and have opened up a dozen new premises in the past year.