From January 2018 the use of wild animals in circuses will be forbidden by Irish law. New regulations have been introduced in the Irish Animal Welfare Act to come in line with modern day animal ...

December 2017 is the last month when wild animals in circuses can legally be shown to Irish audiences. Michael Creed, Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has signed regulations ...

The use of wild animals in circuses in Ireland has been banned, the Department of Agriculture has announced. Last year Dublin City Council brought in a ban and starting from January 1st next year the ...

The mythology explored goes beyond Celtic mythology to Classical (Greek and Roman) mythology and Egyptian mythology, exploring links between animal myths, from The Táin Bó Cúailgne and Cú Chulainn to ...

More than 110,000 birds will have been culled in Northern Ireland this year due to bird flu Agriculture and the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland face "a triple threat" from bird flu, bluetongue ...

The Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Mrs Bríd Rodgers MLA, has announced a tightening of the restrictions on the movement of animals in Northern Ireland as a result of the current Foot ...

During the Foot and Mouth Disease crisis the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) is making a change to its normal arrangements for the movement of animals. The movement of animals ...

Nine out of 10 farmers in Ireland are unaware that healthy animals can be a source of infection people, including their families. More than half don’t know that they can pick up diseases from sick ...

Agriculture and the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland face "a triple threat" from bird flu, bluetongue virus and foot-and-mouth disease. The minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural ...