> Mr Walker had been asked to explain why Iceland burgers passed British tests for equine DNA but failed the Irish tests. > He replied: "Well, that's the Irish

> Mr Walker had been asked to explain why Iceland burgers passed British tests for equine DNA but failed the Irish tests. > He replied: "Well, that's the Irish, isn't it?" so his big bad mistake was to make a remark about how the Irish are more picky than the Great Brits about having horse meat in their burgers?