February 12th, 2019 Calls from animal welfare groups to ban the live export of livestock to non-EU countries would “annihilate farming in Ireland” as we know it, an Oireachtas committee was told today. Speaking at an Agriculture Committee hearing this afternoon, Ray Doyle of the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society said Read more…
July 25th, 2018 The Green Party has called on the Minister of Agriculture to support a Bill to ban fur farming in Ireland once the Oireachtas returns from its summer break. In September, the Solidarity Party will present a Bill to ban fur farming before the Dail, with the Green Read more…
July 12th, 2018 Since the introduction of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has received 70,000 calls to its animal cruelty hotline. According to the organisation’s 2017 annual report, there have been 46 prosecutions under the Act to date, with Read more…
June 28th, 2018 Sell the cow, buy the sheep, but never be without the horse. This old proverb once in common usage indicates the great value the Irish once placed on horse ownership. In older times under Brehon Law, every man belonging to the upper-class was expected to be a Read more…
June 7th, 2018 The Irish authorities stand accused of facilitating the transportation of unweaned calves as young as two weeks old in breach of EU laws following an investigation by a European animal rights organisation. In March, Eyes on Animals sent a team to Rosslare to track and inspect trucks Read more…
January 9th, 2018 International animal welfare groups have slammed the “disgraceful” calls from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to increase the live export of Irish livestock in 2018. The comments come in response to calls from the IFA’s National Livestock Chairman, Angus Woods at a Bord Bia seminar on live Read more…
November 21st, 2017 Footage of inhumane transport conditions suffered by Irish calves exported to Europe will be aired in an investigative documentary on the German state broadcaster this evening. The ZDF documentary into transport conditions for live animal exports across Europe includes footage of an overloaded vehicle carrying Irish unweaned Read more…
October 19th, 2017 Cattle exported to Turkey under Ireland’s plans to increase live animal exports will suffer “prolonged and painful death” by methods illegal in the EU, a leading animal rights group has said. The comments from Animal International come in the wake of last week’s meeting in Ankara between Read more…
October 5th, 2017 The Government’s plans to increase live animal exports will cause “unnecessary suffering” to our farm animals, a national animal rights organisation has said. Caroline Rowley of Compassion Ireland was speaking after a debate in the Dáil debate on Tuesday in which both the beef industry and animal Read more…
May 6th, 2017 The Green Party and the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have called on the Government to introduce an animal welfare program into primary school education. Both groups believe that this will help reduce the number of cases of cruelty and neglect. In 2016 Read more…