Danny Healy-Rae: Reaction over Gordon Elliott picture 'gone too far'

Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae said a horse is not a human at the end of the day, adding that the 'horse was dead and this has gone too far'. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae has said it is time to call a halt to public criticism of horse trainer Gordon Elliott over the controversial picture of him sitting on a dead horse.

A horse is not a human at the end of the day, the Independent TD said, adding that the horse in the photograph "was dead and this has gone too far".