Turkey farmer Billy Gray: 'My biggest worry is for the people I supply to.'
At Billy Gray’s farm in Co Kildare, there are 7,000 turkeys he plans to have ready for eating on Christmas Day.
This week, two outbreaks of highly pathogenic bird flu have been detected among turkey flocks in counties Carlow and Meath.
The news has prompted Mr Gray to “batten down the hatches and keep the head down” to minimise any risk to his birds on Feighcullen Farm.
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