Phil Hogan confident over upcoming BSE result

The test results on the suspected case of BSE in Co Louth are awaited by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine.

If the laboratory findings come back positive, it will be the first case of the disease to have been confirmed in Ireland since 2013. The case centres on a five-year-old Rotbunt cow which was found dead on a dairy farm close to Louth village.

The animal was not presented for slaughter and did not enter the food chain.