At present, vaccination is the only evidence-based control option available to farmers now at risk of exposure.

A ban on livestock moving in the other direction then came into force in January 2026 when the viral disease was detected in ROI. While the cross-border movement restrictions do not apply to animals ...

The EU-Mercosur agreement edged forward. MEPs approved enhanced safeguard mechanisms allowing tariff preferences on sensitive ...

Leading EasyCare sheep breeder, Campbell Tweed, vaccinated all his breeding ewes and rams against bluetongue in January.

EasyCare Sheep Ireland will host a webinar on 18th February at 7.30pm with vet Alan Murphy.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) said that surveillance for bluetongue in Ireland has in place for a ...

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has called an urgent meeting of key agri‑food stakeholders this week amid an escalating row over Bord Bia, farmer confidence and quality assurance schemes. The ...

This year we ran sheep scab screening of a proportion of imported rams funded by Livestock Health Scotland using the blood Elisa test. This found increased levels of blood positives to sheep scab in ...

Minister Andrew Muir has given an update on the Bluetongue Virus and its impact throughout Northern Ireland.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the controversy surrounding Bord Bia chair Larry Murrin has “gone too far”, warning that the ongoing farmer protests risk sending “the wrong message globally” about ...

Having officially conceded that the national target to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 is currently unachievable, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has promised a revised ...