Most foot-and-mouth restrictions in the Republic will be lifted at midnight tonight.

The regionalisation of Co Louth as a foot-and-mouth zone is to end today, 30 days after the outbreak was detected on a farm in Proleek.

A new fortress regime has been put in place in Northern Ireland after a third outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed.

A new campaign to regenerate the Cooley peninsula in north Co Louth was

The Minister for Agriculture is to meet his northern counterpart, Brid

Antibodies to foot-and-mouth disease have been discovered in a total of four samples from animals culled in north Louth.

The Minister for Agriculture Joe Walsh said he is extremely worried about suspect foot-and-mouth cases, in Co Louth, Wexford and Waterford.

Officials from the Department of Agriculture will send samples from sheep showing symptoms of foot-and-mouth for tests to Pirbright in Surrey this evening.

An extended cull of sheep in the south Armagh area gets underway today.

The Minister for Agriculture has announced the extension of the exclusion zone around Proleek in north Co Louth, where a foot-and-mouth outbreak was confirmed last week.

The Minister for Agriculture is to visit Co Louth this morning before formally announcing plans to extend the slaughter of animals beyond the exclusion zone.

Gardai have sealed off four farms in Co Meath as part of their investigation into a consignment of sheep thought to have been brought into the Republic illegally.

An emergency meeting of the specially appointed task force for foot-and-mouth is getting underway at Government buildings about now.

The mass slaughter of livestock in the foot and mouth-infected area around Proleek, Co Louth, has resumed in the last hour.

The cull of thousands of sheep and cattle is continuing today in Co Louth as efforts continue to prevent foot-and-mouth from spreading to the rest of the country.

The first case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed in the Republic.

Concern is growing over wild sheep that have been grazing on the Cooley Mountains.

The ban on animal exports has been retained by Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh following a double outbreak of foot-and-mouth at Proleek, Co Louth.

The Taoiseach has corrected the information regarding the location of the foot-and-mouth outbreaks within the Republic.

Foot-and-mouth disease has spread to the Republic.