Animal rights groups have expressed outrage after road markings were painted over a dead cat.

A judge said he respected religious beliefs but that the law of Ireland had to be observed as he sentenced a Somali man for slaughtering four goats in Halal fashion in a house in Tralee.

Four kid goats were brutally slaughtered in the back garden of a built-up housing estate and only swift action by the authorities prevented a fifth from suffering a similar ordeal.

ANIMAL lovers kicked up a storm yesterday, claiming it was cruel to dye animals in the Kerry colours.