Cork TD calls for awareness campaign on deadly bird flu

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Since July, there have been 14 positive avian influenza cases confirmed in wild birds in Ireland, with four cases confirmed in Kerry and one in Cork. Photo: Corinna Fitzsimons

An "awareness campaign" should begin around the deadly flu affecting birds, a Cork TD has said, after being "inundated" with suspected cases.

The Department of Agriculture confirmed that avian influenza is known to be currently circulating in wild birds, especially breeding seabirds around the coast.