Animal welfare groups have claimed there has been a huge rise in people sharing videos of animal cruelty on Snapchat.

A dog has been shot with what appears to have been a handgun in Dublin.

More than 100 puppies have been seized at Dublin Port after attempts to transport them out of the country illegally.

Almost one in five puppies bought online or through social media sites in the UK die within six months, according to research carried out by The Kennel Club UK.

THEY’RE calling it Croke Park II even though it wasn’t hatched within an ass’s roar of the GAA’s headquarters.

Two men have been charged in relation to trafficking animals from puppy farms in Ireland.

Around 50 puppies bred illegally on a puppy farm in a suspected smuggling plot were destined for the UK, it has emerged.

A lot of the time people don’t know it’s her. They just think she looks a lot like “that athlete”.

The Minister for the Environment has refused to get involved in a row over the banning of dangerous dogs in Dublin.

FAMILIES with unwanted Christmas present pets should seek advice before making any decision not to keep them, according to the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA).