Agriculture minister Andrew Muir told MLAs a cull of 23,000 birds at a commercial premises near Omagh began on Tuesday.

Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir said it highlighted that people cannot be complacent.

Locals in Kinsale will gather both on land and sea at 6:30pm on Friday to register their opposition to the granting of a licence to a shellfish company to pursue the operation.

The M1 remains closed in both directions following the incident on Friday.

Four Healy Raes, Michael and his wife, Eileen, along with sons, Ian and Kevi,n sit on the board of the firm, and aggregate pay to directors last year dipped from €70,885 to €66,783.

Owners of poultry and birds must keep them indoors and separate from wild birds.

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir said the FMD outbreak is of ‘significant concern’ for farmers in Northern Ireland

The ISPCA said they are strongly opposed to Irish hares being captured from their natural habitat, handled, transported, and kept in captivity until they are released to be chased by dogs, muzzled or not, before being returned to the wild if they survive

A further 70 roosters were also seized following the receipt of a report of a suspected illegal 'cock fighting' event taking place at a private residence in Emyvale, Co Monaghan on Saturday morning, 27th July

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue will unveil the National Biomethane Strategy on Tuesday afternoon

Trevor Shaw (65) had worked as a ministerial driver sinc May 2011, until his dismissal in 2022, which took effect on Christmas Day

The Minister was responding on RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland to comments from Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice who said that 'Ireland should not be told what to do by a foreign power'.

Over 1,100 children were hospitalised due to dog attacks from 2012 to 2021

The head of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency said there was no quick fix to the problem, which is impacting Lough Neagh.