Former IFA Poultry Chair and Carrickmacross farmer Andy Boylan says farmers feel unloved by the big retailers.

Frank Brady says farmers just want a “margin” that everyone is happy with.

The Agriculture Minister says a "healthy and respectful relationship" is needed between farmers and retailers.

Organised by the IFA, farmers say they're seeking an increase in product prices to offset rise input costs.

Farmers say they are at the point where they can't afford to produce Bord Bia Quality Approved chicken,eggs, and pig meat.

This is the fifth outbreak of avian influenza in poultry in the Republic of Ireland this year, and the fourth in County Monaghan.

Test results have identified evidence of bird flu in samples from a turkey flock in County Monaghan.

Four cases of the highly contagious H5N1 strain were detected in wild birds around the country in the past week.