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Animal Welfare

Alleged fraudster appeals CAB seizure of Land Rover

Waterford woman Catherine O’Brien is a suspect in a number of cases, including being accused of setting up a fake company to defraud a dairy farmer
  • Catherine Sanz
  • May 8, 2022

Wild Irish goats set to be protected from trophy hunters

A number of companies offer clients the ability to hunt the goats, with one promoting the fact that the animal has “ancient” origins
  • Catherine Sanz
  • January 16, 2022

Civil servant convicted of animal welfare charges is no longer at Department of Agriculture

Two of Bernard Kilgariff’s convictions were quashed last week, because the penalties handed down were in excess of what is allowed by law
  • Catherine Sanz
  • December 26, 2021

Dept of Agriculture senior official ‘refuses to accept registered post’

Bernard Kilgariff, who has pleaded guilty to four counts of animal neglect, allegedly refused to pay solicitors who then quit
  • Catherine Sanz
  • December 12, 2021

State solicitor: sentence in animal welfare case exceeded length permitted

The state solicitor for Co Sligo has said she is duty-bound to seek to quash certain convictions in the case of Bernard Kilgariff, himself a senior official in the Department of Agriculture
  • Catherine Sanz
  • August 22, 2021

Number of dogs put down halved last year

A total of 171 dogs were put to sleep in 2020, compared to 398 in 2019, but charity says more people are looking to give up their pets
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • July 28, 2021

Department of Agriculture officials deny knowledge of injured racehorses being sent to Britain for slaughter

A BBC Panorama programme claimed to expose the practice which contravenes animal welfare rights
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 20, 2021

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