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Wednesday 10 August 2022
The sun was out and so were the horses at the RDS in Dublin today.
The ISPCA received 1,524 calls over the whole of 2012 – and has taken 1,372 calls so far this year.
There was a minute’s silence at Ballybrit today.
In an interview with TheJournal.ie, Coveney said that his department has handed information to authorities in other countries and that he expects them to pursue prosecutions.
A veterinary certificate has been agreed upon by Irish and Chinese authorities that will allow the direct exports.
You’ll probably be a bit emotional by the end. In a good way.
All six horses had died or had to be humanely destroyed because of starvation and neglect.
The Department of Agriculture refused to release over a hundred pages of emails between it and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland following a Freedom of Information request.
The BBC Northern Ireland’s Spotlight programme interviewed the insider.
The organisation is appealing to owners to be “particularly vigilant” of their animals during the current cold snap.
Breaking via The Mire wire: Horse burgers, how politicians ignored on social media may suffer low self-esteem, and the possibility that Lance Armstrong may be telling the truth…
While some of the animals are microchipped, the information is held across across 10 databases to which the DSPCA have limited access.
After a summer spent deriding dressage as ‘horse-walking’, Steven O’Rourke saddled up to try it himself in the first in a new series of sporting adventures.
The ISPCA responded to over 1,500 calls related to neglect or abuse of equine animals in 2012.
Can Unaccompanied retain his Istabraq Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown today? The answer could be just a click away.
It was all about Frankel while the racing world also said farewell to another all-time great.
The Jessbrook Equestrian Centre in Kildare owned by former gang leader John Gilligan is to be sold – 16 years after it was first seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau.
The horse trainer and his family escaped unharmed from the blaze at the home to the Coolmore training and breeding facilities.
The traditional fair – which has seen violent scenes recently – is currently held every month, but could now be under threat.
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As for John Floody, the Irishman clattered into this lovely faux-brick wall.
Unfortunately for Ireland, the horses will be under the control of a Swiss and an American.
The Tipperary jockey has been cut from Team Ireland days after the disqualification of his horse from an event in Germany.
There were also wins for Tiddliwinks, Cay Verde and Nandiga during a glorious days’ racing.
Top jockeys Ruby Walsh Paul Carberry got into the spirit of things ahead of Listowel’s record-breaking attempt on ‘Nunday’.
The grand old golfing master shows up ‘Poults’ and ‘GMac’ while Novak Djokvic practices his backhand for Stallone’s new movie.
Your essential round-up of the day’s big stories – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed…
Laboratory tests have confirmed a contagious equine metritis infection (CEM) in a non-thoroughbred stallion at a premises in Co Galway.
The discovery of the infection in a non-thoroughbred horse in Co Galway is the first time it’s been diagnosed here since 1982.
TJ is now recovering at an equine centre with the support of the ISPCA staff.
Drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte ceases production for its second season after latest accident.
After another horse was euthanised yesterday, production involving horses on the Dustin Hoffman show are shut down.
All the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces that you may have missed…
The horses were struck by a train on railway tracks close to Enniscorthy in the early hours of this morning.
An Irish scientists says all modern Throughbreds share a “speed gene” which originated in a British mare living 300 years ago.
After going public with his intention to complete a 1000-piece equine portrait jigsaw, the United striker found himself the object of some ridicule.
Catch up on the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
TODAY IS THE first day of the Puck Fair, an annual three-day event in Killorglin, Co. Kerry, which is said to be Ireland’s oldest festival.
The festival’s centrepiece is a wild goat, which is caught from the mountains and brought back to the town for the fair, traditionally by a local schoolgirl.
But animal rights advocates have raised concerns about the event for many years, which includes the tradition of placing the “King Puck” on a 50-foot tall platform for the duration of the three day festival.
This year there are specific concerns about the welfare of the goat amid a hot spell of weather.
A spokesman for the festival has said that if necessary, the animal will be taken down if the heat gets too much and will be given a health check.
So today we’re asking: Have you ever been to the Puck Fair?
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