Overview
- The Department of Agriculture confirmed highly pathogenic H5N1 at a commercial turkey farm near Kells, Co Meath, and established 3km protection and 10km surveillance zones.
- The Meath case follows Tuesday’s confirmed outbreak in a turkey flock in County Carlow, the first in a commercial Irish poultry flock since 2023.
- A national housing order for all poultry and captive birds takes effect Monday 10 November, requiring flocks to be kept away from wild birds and from other kept birds they do not normally contact.
- Northern Ireland will introduce comparable housing rules from Thursday after suspected cases at commercial premises in Tyrone and Fermanagh, with cross‑border coordination ongoing.
- Health authorities rate the human risk from the circulating strain as very low and advise against handling sick or dead wild birds, while Fota Wildlife Park remains closed until at least the end of November.