Cork horse-racing heiress accused of running 'red flag' puppy farm

Anne Broderick had more than 80 breeding bitches and more than 200 dogs, kept in unsafe and unsanitary facilities, court heard

Dogs were in 'very, very cramped conditions', unable to avoid standing in their own faeces and urine, Cork County Council veterinary inspector Carol Nolan told Mallow District Court. Picture: Larry Cummins

A Cork horse-racing heiress has been accused in court of keeping dogs in sub-zero conditions, with no access to water, soaked in urine and standing in faeces in cramped, dirty pens.

Anne Broderick had more than 80 breeding bitches and more than 200 dogs in total, kept in unsafe and unsanitary facilities, according to vets who inspected her dog-breeding business in Doneraile, Co Cork.