The Department of Agriculture has issued a warning after a strain of avian influenza - or bird flu - was detected in a number of wild sea birds off the west coast of Ireland in recent weeks.

HEALTH chiefs have warned of the danger of touching sick or dead wild birds – over risks of bird flu. In recent weeks, groups ...

Groups of dead birds, a number of which were confirmed to be carrying the highly contagious avian flu, washed up on ...

Over the last three weeks there have been a number of cases of groups of dead wild sea birds washing up on shorelines in ...

Ireland's health chiefs are sounding the alarm as bird flu fears escalate across the nation. The public is being cautioned against touching or handling sick or dead wild birds due to the ...

Ireland's health officials have issued a warning over the spread of bird flu, urging the public not to touch sick or dead wild birds, as an interactive map shows the locations of all reported cases.

BIRDWATCH IRELAND HAVE warned of an “alarming and unprecedented” outbreak of a “highly pathogenic” strain of bird flu or avian flu that has impacted “some of Ireland’s most important ...

Bird flu restrictions were eased in Northern Ireland in April 2023, following the outbreak which began in October 2021. It was described as the largest ever in these islands . But strict ...

An avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) is to be introduced in Northern Ireland, Minister for Agriculture Andrew Muir has confirmed.. It comes after bird flu was confirmed in a wild goose found ...

An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone has been introduced in Northern Ireland following three confirmed cases in wild birds in three different counties. The order, which came into effect at midday ...

Ireland appeared to have fared better in 2022 than in 2021 with the number of cases of bird flu in commercial flocks. “It might look like we did a lot better this year, we certainly need to do ...

Bird flu is spreading from pole to pole. Here’s why it matters. A highly virulent strain of H5N1 has wiped out entire colonies of seabirds and seals from Alaska to Antarctica.