Venue of brothers’ animal cruelty trial to be decided

A judge will rule next month on the trial venue of two English brothers charged over the discovery of dozens of puppies found lying in their own excrement in two cars in Dublin.

The animals, aged between three and eight weeks, had been discovered and taken to safety by gardaí and officers from the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA).

It followed searches of two cars on Oct 9 last, on the Old Malahide Road in the Coolock area in north Dublin.