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NEWS: Abattoir operator convicted and fined
Irish Field Contributor
Shannonside Foods has been convicted and fined on charges related to the fraudulent identification of horses destined for human consumption
21 March 2025 News
NEWS: DAFM to facilitate new horse abattoir
The Department of Agriculture has published as action plan for the equine industry following the publication of Professor Patrick Wall's report
8 November 2024 Sport horse news
NEWS: Horses seized from beside abbatoir
Twelve horses owned by the former operator of Shannonside Foods, the abattoir at the centre of a cruelty and suspected microchip fraud investigation, have been seized
Letters to the Editor: We must do better at end-of-life for our horses
We received a large number of responses to last week's article on end-of-life for horses, written by Debby Ewing
19 July 2024 Racing News
Department reports interest in new horse slaughter facility
This week's four-hour Oireachtas Committee saw the Department take further criticism over the Shannonside Foods Ltd abattoir
1 July 2024 Racing News
COMMENT: Tough week of questioning for the DAFM
The Department of Agriculture remain in the firing line following the fall out of the RTÉ Investigates exposé
21 June 2024 Sport horse news
NEWS: Shannonside Foods under a legal notice
The Department of Agriculture have confirmed that no animals have entered the food chain from Shannonside Foods in the past three weeks
14 June 2024 Sport horse news
COMMENT: Failure to our horses
The equine industry has suffered reputational damage following an expose on RTÉ
14 June 2024 Sport horse news