Galway Bay fm newsroom – Farmers living along the Gort to Tuam motorway site say their herds have been decimated by TB since construction got underway on the major road project
Farmers along the route of the new M17-M18 say the number of cases of TB has increased since roadworks started last year
This week’s Farmers Journal examines the problem in detail, stating the Athenry area is the worst affected
Farmers are attributing the spike in TB cases to the displacement of badgers by the roadworks
However the Farmers Journal Patrick Donohue says the Department of Agriculture disputes this link
Pic shows Mortimor Keane pointing to where the newly constructed motorway is cutting through farms at Greathill, Athenry. Photo: John Kelly
More on this story on Galway Bay fm’s FYI Galway from 5 this evening