IT was reported yesterday that three cattle were killed and others seriously injured when a truck carrying Irish livestock overturned onboard a ship going from England to France during bad weather on Wednesday.

EACH of the country’s 166 Dáil deputies will be given a miniature mink or fox toy today as part of the campaign to ban fur farming.

Animal welfare groups have mounted a protest outside the Dáil today as part of a campaign to secure a ban on fur-farming in Ireland.