A man who pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to seven dogs in his care has been ordered to pay more than €15,000 in fines and costs and disqualified from keeping dogs for 10 years. When she called to O’Neill’s property, she said she found an adult collie, a juvenile collie, four collie pups and an adult terrier being kept in a shed. The shed floor was covered in faeces and all the dogs had matted coats and were encrusted with faeces. There was only one bowl of water in the shed and one of the collie pups was so thirsty that it was drinking effluent. He ordered him to pay €500 fines on six of the offences as well as pay €10,766 in costs for rehabilitating the pups, €2,500 in legal costs, and €1,600 in veterinary witness costs.

Source: The Irish Times March 03, 2026 08:13 UTC