A veterinary inspector with the Department of Agriculture is accused of running an unregistered puppy farm where animals endured gross faecal soiling, their food and water was contaminated and rodents were allowed to breed freely.
Close associates of on-the-run gangster Patrick Irwin were among those targeted as part of an operation involving Gardaí, Sligo County Council and the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA).
Six dogs have been seized in an operation against the breeding of restricted animals. Garda, in a joint operation with Sligo County Council and the ISPCA, searc.