Concern as a second case of avian influenza is confirmed on an Irish farm

The second case involves a broiler flock which has tested positive for the H5N1 strain

The department is currently engaged in the depopulation of the flock to reduce the risk of spread in what is high-density poultry area. File Picture: 

A second case of avian influenza has been confirmed on an Irish farm in less than a week, officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine told the Irish Examiner.

Its detection comes less than three days after the first case was detected on a turkey farm in Co Monaghan.