Minister Awards Funding to Animal Welfare Groups
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, yesterday announced payments totalling €1.235m to organisations involved in animal care and welfare services. The payments...

New Research Funding For Animal Health
IRELAND - The Government has announced details of up to €450,000 in funding for the country's researchers in three special animal health-related areas.

Aujeszky’s Disease ‘Almost Eliminated’ in Pigs
IRELAND - Aujesky's Disease has been practically eliminated from Ireland following two national testing phases, Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith has disclosed.

Pig Disease Control and Eradication Programme
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, is delighted to announce that Ireland has achieved an important EU milestone in receiving official recognition of the country's...

Ag Minister Calls for 'Coherent Animal Health Policy'
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, yesterday advocated "a new coherent animal health policy - one that is more flexible, risk-based, prevention-orientated and...

Irish Pig Herds Declared Practically Aujeszky-Free
IRELAND - Brendan Smith TD, Irish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, is pleased to announce significant progress with the National Aujeszky's Disease Control and Eradication Programme and has...

Follow-up on Outbreak of Pandemic A/H1N1 in Ireland
IRELAND - An outbreak of Pandemic A/H1N1 virus was confirmed on 29 September in Ireland.

H1N1 Flu Breaks out in Ireland
IRELAND - The veterinary authorities have reported the country's first case of influenza A H1N1 in pigs to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

AFBI and Teagasc Sign Scientific Collaboration MoU
IRELAND - Scientific collaboration between the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and Teagasc has been formally recognised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two org...

Agri Minister Launches Animal Health Ireland
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr Brendan Smith TD yesterday formally launched Animal Health Ireland (AHI), which aims to improve overall animal health standards and thereby...

Dioxin Contamination No Cause for Concern
IRELAND - Food safety officials have come to the conclusion that the chemical contamination of pork was no cause for concern, just days before the €180m dioxin crisis erupted.

Irish Dioxin Scare to Undergo Analysis
IRELAND - The Oireachtas agriculture committee inquiry into the handling of the pork dioxin crisis is to open this morning at Leinster House.

Document for Pigmeat Recall Compensation
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, has published a detailed scheme document setting out the terms and conditions governing the payment of compensation in respect...

New Farm Safety Action Plan Launched
IRELAND - A call for increased vigilance on farms was made yesterday by Mr Billy Kelleher T.D., Minister for Labour Affairs.

Producers Demand Immediate Reopening of Plants
IRELAND - Pig producers mounted a protest at the Department of Agriculture at 12 noon yesterday to demand an immediate re-opening of the country’s processing plants.

Reaping the Rewards of PCV2 Vaccination
IRELAND - Frank Moran, manager of a 1,100 farrow to finish unit at Glebo Farms, County Tipperary has now been using CIRCOVAC PCV2 sow vaccine for 12 months and is seeing outstanding results which are having...

Dioxin Exposure No Cause for Concern
IRELAND - The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) stated its opinion that the data in relation to health risks for people exposed to dioxins does not provide cause for concern.

European Veterinary Week 2008 Launched
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr Brendan Smith TD, yesterday (November 12) welcomed the launch of European Veterinary Week 2008 which takes place from 10-16 November 2008...