Gardaí seize eight dogs after stopping van in Tipperary

The dogs are lurchers, beagles and a border terrier.

Gardaí have seized eight dogs in Tipperary believed to be worth around €5,000.

The discovery was made shortly before 8pm last night when gardaí stopped a van at a speed check on the M8 motorway at Ashill in Thurles and they heard dogs barking.