The Department of Agriculture has imposed a mandatory housing order for poultry and captive birds, effective from 10 November, following the first outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a farm ...

The Department of Agriculture has ordered all poultry farmers to bring flocks indoors to protect the £600 million industry, ...

A compulsory housing order for poultry and captive birds has been announced as part of measures to minimise the risk of bird ...

Stormont’s agriculture minister has dismissed a call for his resignation after Northern Ireland’s main farming union ...

Colleagues, customers, and the wider community pay tribute to John McElderry, a generous and trusted figure in Northern ...

Andrew Muir says assembly members should "put their money where their mouth is" and support the plan for an independent ...

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald said there should be a national focus on the issue, including from the Irish Government ...

It is in addition to the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in Northern Ireland, introduced at the start of November ...

A mandatory housing order for flock keepers across Northern Ireland has been announced following reports of suspected cases ...

The industry was highly regulated and the welfare of their flocks was of great concern for the hundreds of families involved ...

Brushing aside a sober, peer-reviewed analysis by the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) and the Irish Fiscal Advisory ...

The Irish Farmers' Association has called on poultry flock owners across the country to adopt a "laser-like focus on biosecurity" after confirmation yesterday of a case of avian influenza, or bird flu ...