Confirmed case of bird flu in Ireland
The case was confirmed in a peregrine falcon tested in the Limerick Regional Veterinary Laboratory.
A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in Co Galway, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed, marking the first case of the season.
Over the last 12 months, thousands of poultry were culled across the island to limit the spread after cases were detected in farm flocks - including 110,000 chickens on a farm in Northern Ireland in January and turkeys on a farm in Wicklow in December. However, this case confirmed this week is the first in Ireland since February.
