Farmers welcome lifting of sheep foot-and-mouth restrictions

Farmers groups have welcomed the latest lifting of foot-and-mouth restrictions as the crisis appears to come to an end.

Farmers groups have welcomed the latest lifting of foot-and-mouth restrictions as the crisis appears to come to an end.

The Minister for Agriculture has announced the end of a ban on sheep mart sales and the movement of sheep.

The news comes as the latest suspect case of foot-and-mouth in Limerick returned negative results.

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