The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon TD, has today (Wednesday) announced the introduction of a ...

The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that a case of bird flu has been detected in a wild bird in Co Donegal. The case was discovered at an undisclosed location in the county in mid-January.

POULTRY AND OTHER captive birds must been kept indoors from Monday to try to combat the risk of bird flu. Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon issued the compulsory housing order this afternoon, ...

Donegal boss Jim McGuinness has suggested that the balance between attack and defence is somewhat out of whack under the new ...

Working together, the NPWS, Regional Veterinary Laboratories (DAFM), and the State Laboratory introduced a formal protocol ...

Since early December there have been three detections of avian influenza in Ireland, all in wild birds. One in Galway, one in Dublin and the most recent one confirmed in Donegal in mid-January.

A proposed 22,000-bird poultry unit that will generate up to 330 tonnes of manure yearly has been met with opposition from residents.