Organic Ireland’s chance to bloom

SO the pigs are heading back to slaughter and the latest in a long line of Irish food scares is over. For the time being at least.

Might this not be a good time then to examine our food export business as a whole before the next cattle, sheep, chicken or pig crisis breaks?

The debacle that has raged over the last week could be viewed as the perfect storm for Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith to overhaul and rebrand Ireland as an organic food island.