Helplines:
The Department of Agriculture has set up a number of helplines which will operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Milk and milk products: 01 607 2159
Pigmeat and pigmeat products: 01 607 2700
Meat and meat products: 01 607 2830
Live animals: 01 607 2862
Products general: 01 607 2916
The Food Safety Promotion Board's Safe Food helpline: 1 850 404567; callers from the North should ring: 0 800 085 1683.
Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association help-line: 1 800 266 267
Teagasc has announced the setting up of foot-and-mouth helplines in every county. Local radio will have details.
Useful websites:
Department of agriculture: www.irlgov.ie/daff
Teagasc: www.teagasc.ie UK Ministry of Agriculture: www.maff.gov.uk/
EU foot-and-mouth disease site: www.fao.org/waicent/ faoinfo/agricult/aga/agah/ eufmd/fmd
Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture: www.darni.gov.uk/
RTE (event details): www.rte.ie/footandmouth ICMSA: www.icmsa.ie
The Teagasc website links to the EU foot-and-mouth disease site; the UK Ministry of Agriculture's foot-and-mouth disease site and the World Organisation for animal health.