Calls for Garda animal crime unit after sulky horse-cart racing on main road

Video shows convoy of cars running horses in sulkies through ongoing traffic

An online petition calling on the Government to take “urgent action” has been signed over 14,000 times.

There have been renewed calls for a dedicated Garda animal crime unit after footage emerged of sulky horse‑cart racing on the N7 between Limerick and Dublin.

The video, taken last Saturday, shows a convoy of cars following racing horses pulling sulkies on the N7 near Naas.