NI Back On Foot-And-Mouth Alert
NORTHERN IRELAND - Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew is to brief the Executive on Northern Ireland's response to the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak in England.

Foot-and-mouth labs must be made safer, say farm leaders
IRELAND - Irish farmers have called for the Pirbright laboratory at the centre of last month's foot and mouth (FMD) outbreak in Britain to be relocated to a safer, more protected facility away from a flood plain.

FMD disinfection points to be discontinued
IRELAND - Disinfection points at Irish ports and airports, introduced in the immediate aftermath of last month's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain, are being discontinued with effect from tomorrow

IFA Challanges Minister Over Brazilian Beef Imports
IRELAND - IFA President Padraig Walshe said today IFA and the farming community strongly support the essential biosecurity measures taken by the Minister for Agriculture to guard against the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in Britain spreading to ...

Ulster Gets FMD-Free Status, But Concern Grows For Some Markets
IRELAND - Northern Ireland will be able to distance itself from the rest of Britain with new export documentation detailing its foot-and-mouth free status.

'No further measures needed to stop spread of outbreak' - Coughlan
IRELAND - No further preventative measures are required to stop the spread into Ireland of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) despite confirmation of a second case in the UK, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan said yesterday.