Vigilance urged as second case of bird flu confirmed

A second case of bird flu has been confirmed in a wigeon, a type of wild duck, in Co Galway. 

The virus was also found in a similar bird found alive but unable to fly in Wexford Town on December 28.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine said in a statement that the latest case confirms poultry flocks across the country are at risk from the virus.