Kildare butcher makes the cut on international stage

They might be more used to handing out the prime cuts, but a leading Irish butcher is today celebrating being lauded as one itself after winning one of the most sought after food prizes in Ireland and Britain.

Nolan’s family butcher shop in Kilcullen, Co Kildare, was yesterday named best butcher shop in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales at the Countryside Alliance Annual Awards in London’s the House of Lords.

The well-known fourth- generation family shop, which has been in business since 1886, wowed judges with its high-quality produce, value for money and attention to customers’ needs.