A Cork farmer has made the unusual decision to give his dairy herd a retirement an animal sanctuary instead of sending them to the slaughter house, writes Amy Ryan.

Benjy the bull, who was saved from slaughter after being thought to be gay, has been given the snip.

A "gay" bull saved from slaughter after an international campaign aided by the late Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon may have an eye for the heifers after all, his new owner has revealed.