"Irish food and ingredients is world class / world leading / best in the word". According to who?

All decent products. Many other countries produce similar, just as good, often better.

I think it's agreed around the world that Irish dairy produce in particular our milk and butter is exceptional. And our beef wins scores of medals in international competitions. In the 2022 World Steak Challenge the best grass-fed steak in the world medal went to Northern Ireland while Ireland took 54 medals in total. Back in 2019 we got 75 medals including world's best fillet steak and there were 26 countries competing so I'd say that's a fair indicator. You couldn't argue really that we have ideal conditions for producing great beef. We're definitely up there with Argentina or anywhere else you care to mention.

More delusional North Korean-style propaganda, this time appearing in an America-based international business magazine and written by a journalist from New Orleans.

My Belarusian bot farms are working around the clock.

I only go by what I know and like, proper family butchers over supermarket for meat especially sausages and bacon. Best bread was Milford but they closed down years ago now it's Brennen's. I've ate a 'fry' in England and it was muck, bacon was just rank but I did like scottish chippes they do haddock where as in the 6 it's mostly whiting and I do love whiting but a lot of English sea anglers consider whiting a bait thief much like the coalfish, not a highly sought after table fish.

Nobody can claim their food is superior without eating absolutely every dish in every country, now world renowned chef Antony Bordain was on the Enterprise from Dublin-Belfast and had a full Irish fry his own words this is the best food in the world. You can get it on you tube but thats his own personal opinion but still high praise from a professional. Eat what you like support local butchers by buying from them when you can.

Thailand?

That's because even though you spam this claim into every thread you post on this site, it's not actually true, - you just hate farmers and anyone who gets to live in the countryside.

Get over you jealousy and stop telling foolish lies that just make you look stupid.

We've discussed this before so don't bother posting your spurious link to a discredited report from a corrupt body with an agenda. Once was enough for me to waste my time reading that bullsh1t.

This is a strange aul thread.

T'would be a small loss tbh.

I usually smile and nod when someone throws out that statement, but when there's someone present unfamiliar with food in Ireland I tend to point out to them that they're only talking about beef and dairy. The claim "Irish food and ingredients" can be a bit misleading otherwise, given that the country only produces a very, very limited number of ingredients. Where fruit and veg are concerned, that claim simply doesn't stand up.

As you travel across Europe or the Globe in top restaurants you will not see Country French or German Beef listed on the menu but you will see "Irish" beef listed with pride, all those chefs cannot be wrong. Colleagues across Europe seek out Irish Beef in the super market.

Kerrygold Butter is world famous for a reason, Cashel Blue cheese appears in the top 10 cheeses of the world.

Truckloads of Pigs leave ireland everyday for European markets

9/10 fishing trawlers landing in Ireland are exporting fish, the Madrid fish market first sells out of Irish Fish before the local or french products

Chinese people go mad for the Irish baby milk formula, not the any other country in the world making the stuff.

We have high quality, high welfare, high traceability

You mention truckloads of pigs being exported and then talk about high welfare lol. Lest we forget the 10s of 1000s of baby calves exported from ireland every year to North Africa etc where I'm sure they're treated delightfully.