The Department of Agriculture is currently working with the Food Safety Authority and the National Reference Laboratory for Salmonella, in order to determine the cause of the outbreak.

Stewart Hood has transformed the plot near Antrim town.

The Department of Agriculture said test results have confirmed evidence of H5N1 in a turkey flock in the county

The order from Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue will take effect from Monday, November 7th

At a previous sitting, the 74-year-old entered guilty pleas for 16 of the 30 charges he faced

Since July of this year 60 cases of bird flu were confirmed, mainly in the 'wild bird' population.

Parts of the country could see temperatures of 31 degrees today, as Ireland experiences what is likely to be the final heatwave of the summer.

Ireland is committed to halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050