Tests rule out lethal bird flu strain in Cork

A strain of the bird flu virus has been detected in a flock of 100 pheasants reared on behalf of a gun club in Cork.

The Department of Agriculture confirmed that preliminary tests identified a H5 strain in the birds, but ruled out the most pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus.

It is understood the birds are reared for a gun club on private grounds near the village of Shannonvale, outside Clonakilty.