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Buy local and get it delivered.

Maybe the continued eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland and its impact on air travel should also make us think a bit about air freight and how far some of our produce, which could be sourced in Ireland, has traveled thousands of miles to get to the shelves. Irish farmers have been marginalised by big supermarkets [...]

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James Whelan Butchers, Clonmel.

I bumped into @Pat_Whelan over on Twitter and thought his efforts on James Whelan Butchers worth a plug.  Based in Clonmel, Co Tipperary Pat tells me they rear their own cattle and sheep, dry age the meat and sell either online or in their local store. The web site has plenty of info on products [...]

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