Second case of ash disease confirmed

A second hedgerow case of the Ash Die Back disease has been confirmed in Ireland.

The Department of Agriculture says it was in a tree within fifty metres of a farm where imported plants from eight years ago had developed the disease.

Earlier this month a hedgerow in County Leitrim became the first native discovery of the disease.

In a statement Junior Agriculture Minister Tom Hayes says there is now a major challenge in eradicating this disease.