Vet convicted of keeping dogs in 'atrocious' conditions has sentence overturned

The veterinary inspector with the Department of Agriculture had appealed the severity of his sentence in Midleton Circuit Court

Michael O'Reilly at the Courthouse in Midleton, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

A government vet convicted of keeping dogs in “atrocious” conditions with mounds of faeces so large rodents had tunnelled through them had his suspended prison sentence overturned and his ban on keeping animals reduced.

Michael O’Reilly, veterinary inspector with the Department of Agriculture, had appealed the severity of his sentence in Midleton Circuit Court.