Dying cow ‘moaning and shaking’

A judge has fined a farmer €600 for animal cruelty after a garda found a dying cow lying down and shaking and moaning uncontrollably in the farmer’s yard.

At Ennis District Court, Judge Patrick Durcan convicted Ciaran ‘Joey’ Cullinan, 60, of Ballycoree, Ennis, of breaching the Protection of Animals Act, at his farm at Drumcliffe, Ennis, on Sunday, February 22.

Mr Cullinan pleaded guilty to the offence of leaving an animal barely alive, with a large injury, in mud and water, in very wet conditions and overnight, contrary to the Protection of Animals Act.