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Ireland is ‘much more likely’ to see an increase in the incidence of H1N1 swine flu after the UK said it was no longer attempting to contain the virus, a leading health official has warned.

The extent of travel between Ireland and the UK will see an increase in the number of swine flu cases here, the Department of Health’s chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan said this morning.