More than 30 other similar criminal offences brought against him were struck out by the court, with consent from the Department of Agriculture, which brought the prosecution before Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.

Significant issues around how horses are processed for human consumption through slaughterhouses in mainland Europe were also detailed

An RTÉ Investigates programme revealed that illegal methods were used to launder the identities of horses at Ireland’s only equine abattoir.

Serious animal welfare abuses were uncovered in an RTÉ Investigates documentary which aired on Wednesday night.

A documentary broadcast on Wednesday night revealed serious animal welfare abuses and cruelty in the treatment of horses that are being sent for slaughter

On Tuesday, a recently rescued mare gave birth to a healthy filly foal in ISPCA care. 

Mark Fahey was exercising the two-year-old gelding for the Harrington yard when the incident happened seven years ago

Dermot McLoughlin is under no illusions about the task facing his star mare in the Guinness Galway Hurdle on Thursday