Irish poultry farms keep bird flu at bay

Ireland this week remained one of the few significant poultry farming EU member states where flocks have not been infected with HPAI H5N8 bird flu.

However, the virus has been detected in wild birds here — which has been the precursor to it appearing in poultry farms, in almost all cases across the EU.

Twelve cases of bird flu have been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture in wild birds, including Munster cases at Nenagh, Co Tipperary, and Midleton, Co Cork.