Butchers see 20% rise in business due to horsemeat scandal

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.

Its president, Hugh Maguire, said: “There are new faces shopping with us and we have increased footfall in our shops. People tell us they will never shop in large retailers again for their meat.”

Drogheda butcher Thomas Tuite said: “Our burgers are homemade and nothing in the shop is from more than 35 miles away.”