DEMAND for horsemeat is on the rise again, with Ireland’s two approved plans paying significantly higher prices for horses. Emerald Isle Foods in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, and Shannonside Foods, Straffan, Co Kildare, slaughtered 7,618 horses last year according to the Department of Agriculture.


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