Government ministers and senior agriculture figures have warned against over-reacting to news that Ireland might have its first case of BSE in cattle for two years.

Three calves, born to a cow in Louth with a suspected case of BSE, have been traced.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has played down fears that the discovery of a suspected case of BSE at a farm in Co Louth could damage Ireland's economy.

Representatives of the dairy industry are warning against an over-reaction to a suspected case of BSE in Co Louth.

A woman died of breast cancer just days after her third baby was born and after two missed opportunities to diagnose the tumour in her breast, the discovery of a suspected BSE case in Louth ’proves structures are robust’ and Liverpool have rejected a £25m offer for Raheem Sterling. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round up.

The Department of Agriculture fears that the suspected BSE case in a Louth dairy farm could see Ireland lose its negligible risk status for the disease.

Food safety experts played down the risk of mad cow disease entering America's food supply, a day after a government agency detected the first new case of the disease in the US since 2006.

Two cases of BSE in cows have been discovered in the last week, bringing the total number of cases for the year to 41.

The European Commission has no plans to ban American beef imports – already restricted since mad cow disease hit the UK.

Japan and South Korea banned US beef imports today following an announcement that a recently slaughtered cow had tested for positive for BSE.

Investigators placed four more Canadian farms under quarantine, including three involving feed production, in a widening search for the cause of North America’s first case of mad cow disease in a decade.

The Department of Agriculture has recorded eight new cases of BSE in the past week, bringing the total so far this year to 55.

Three new cases of BSE have been reported in the last week.

The Department of Agriculture is investigating claims that a section of meat with a possible BSE infection went directly to the Smithfield market in London.

The Department of Agriculture is examining reports that an export of beef contained a banned substance, a possible carrier of BSE.

Fine Gael has called on Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh to declare whether or not BSE controls implemented in the mid-1990s are sufficient to prevent the spread of the disease.

The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that a three-and-a-half-year-old bull has tested positive for BSE.

Ireland's beef industry is today awaiting confirmation of reports that BSE has been discovered in a three-and-a-half-year-old bullock.

The Department of Agriculture last night declined to comment on reports that a 3.5-year-old bull tested positive for BSE.

The risk of the human form of BSE - mad cow disease - being transmitted through blood transfusions may be considerably higher than previously thought, it emerged today.

The Department of Agriculture has admitted that mad cow disease will not be fully eradicated from the Irish herd until at least 2003.

The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that Ireland has had 17 cases of