According to the department, TB has previously been detected on Irish pig farms, but only sporadically. The number of confirmed cases increased in 2026.
Irish Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon described the situation as localised and limited in scale, stressing that it does not currently represent a widespread endemic problem in the pig sector.
He said particular attention should be paid to farm biosecurity, including feed storage, the movement of staff between production sites and other possible routes of infection.
The Department also noted that most infected pigs may show no clinical signs of the disease.
According to the information provided, consumption of pork does not pose a risk to human health in connection with the confirmed cases.
PigUA.info, based on materials from farmersjournal.ie