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We could be facing a crisp crisis

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

03:32 3 Jul 2018


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Ah no, not the cheese and onion!

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There's a danger we'll have a crisp crisis in Ireland due to a shortage of potatoes.

Farmers say the yield will be "quite light" this year due to the weather wreaking havoc with the crop.

Potatoes had to be planted late due to the Beast from the East and now they're struggling in the current heatwave.

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Eddie Doyle, of the potato committee of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), spoke to the Irish Independent:

"Early growers have suffered because of the cold weather. And once it gets 24C to 25C, they stop growing. Yield will be quite light this year. I’d be fairly sure they’ll go up in price."

It's now feared the potato shortage could affect our crisp supplies.

If you had to choose between the hot weather and crisps, which would you choose?!


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