Summary of events over the weekend

A farm in Myshall, Co Carlow, remains under investigation

A farm in Myshall, Co Carlow, remains under investigation. Test samples from sheep transported from the north of England via Scotland and Northern Ireland in January - results expected to be negative.

Preliminary tests on sheep from a farm at Dromin, Co Louth, found no trace of the disease. Some livestock was slaughtered as a precaution.

1,000 pigs incinerated within exclusion zone in south Armagh near Northern Ireland outbreak.

Sheep and pigs to be tagged under new safety measures.

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Duchas prepares to cull and quarantine wildlife near any possible outbreaks.

Scotland got confirmation of its fifth case, yet the ban on the movement of livestock from farms to abattoirs in UK is temporarily lifted to boost meat supplies.

Cornwall's first case of foot-and-mouth detected at an abattoir. A second case confirmed at a nearby farm.

Number of confirmed cases in the UK had risen to 69 yesterday.

Almost 54,000 animals in Britain have been earmarked for slaughter.

Orangemen in Portadown suspend their protest at Drumcree because of the crisis.

Fears that the disease might spread to other EU countries increase. In Belgium 75 pigs on a farm were slaughtered, and in southeast France 80 sheep were slaughtered after showing signs of the disease. Initial results of tests in both countries were negative.

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