Free movement is aim of all-island animal health and welfare strategy

THE ultimate aim of an all-island animal health and welfare strategy now being developed will be the free movement of animals on the island of Ireland.

Speaking after a north-south ministerial council meeting in Co Antrim yesterday, the North’s agriculture minister, Michelle Gldernew, said progress continues to be made on the development of the strategy.

She said her officials will continue to work closely with their counterparts in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the south.