There's been a 12% spike in bovine tuberculosis in Clare. Figures released by the Department of Agriculture show there were 1,310 TB reactors in this county in the first three months of this year which indicates a 12% increase on the same period in 2024. The rate of TB among cattle has seen a 38% surge nationwide and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, says "stakeholders are taking the necessary steps to control this disease and continue to work together". O'Callaghan's Mills farmer and Secretary of the Clare branch of the Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association, Martin McMahon, believes tackling wildlife carrying the disease is the answer.