Warning to public in Cork City after bird flu outbreak at the Lough

The Lough in Cork City. Picture: Larry Cummins

Visitors to the Lough in Cork City are being asked to avoid contact with sick or dead birds at the sanctuary as an outbreak of avian flu has been confirmed.

Tests for the disease on a number of birds which were found dead at the sanctuary proved conclusive for the highly pathogenic flu variant, which is commonly referred to as bird flu.