Pat Hyland is one of the very few people in the country who actually sells horsemeat. Pat has brought some of the meat to cook in studio & for John to taste!
Eugene has been in the butcher trade for more than 50 years. He is appalled by the news that horsemeat has been added to burgers. He says that horsemeat does not have the traceability of beef and this should cause concern. Danny is also a butcher from O’Toole’s master butchers from Terenure – he is very angry about this, the whole situation is a disgrace. Everyone coming into the shop this morning has been talking about it. Noreen as an owner of a small, family run meant company, Haynestown Meats, is devastated at the effects this latest meat scandal will ...
Later today we should have the results of the tests carried on samples taken from the two factories involved in the burger controversy. This should go some way towards explaining how horse meat and traces of pig ended up in burgers that were for sale in some supermarkets both here and in Britain. Joining Pat on the line was Matt Dempsey, Editor, Farmers Journal.
Some of the headlines regarding the horse meat in beef burgers stories, the Irish Daily Mirror – “Horses for Main Courses”; The Irish Sun – “Horses for Courses Nag Meat found in Supermarket burgers”; Irish Daily Star – “Beef Burger Sellers are flogging a dead horse”; Irish Daily Mail - “Who Allowed Horsemeat in our burgers?” .This story is also dominating the broadcast news. Chris Evans who broadcasts to 9 million people is discussing it this morning, it’s the top story on SKY news and the BBC. Pat was joined in studio by Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney and by ...
Comedian Abie Philban Bowman joins John in studio to take a look at some of the puns in the newspapers & on social media regarding traces of horsemeat found in burgers! Also joining John on the line is Frenchman, Jeans-Christophe Murat, who grew up on a diet of horsemeat in France!
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