Poor Kitty almost went to the place where the tax fraudsters should be

HAD St Francis of Assisi been engaged in animal welfare in this country, it’s more than likely he would have been done for it, despite his good intentions.

Whatever about the cost of the doggy in the window, an elderly widow has now realised that in the Ireland of 2004 the cost of looking after a dog you don’t even own can be five days in jail.

The entire country at this stage must be aware of how 77-year-old Kitty Moloney, from Garryowen in Limerick, took pity on a dead neighbour’s Alsatian.