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ISPCA

Horse rescued from river after being trapped for around 24 hours

24 Oct 2024

14.9k

Shannonside Foods Ltd

Horse Racing Ireland 'shocked and appalled' at abuses exposed in Ireland's only horse abattoir

Updated 13 Jun 2024

69.1k

Shannonside Foods Ltd

Horse Racing Ireland 'shocked and appalled' at abuses exposed in Ireland's only horse abattoir

Updated 13 Jun 2024

3.6k

championship ready

'I have always said he is as good as another son to me' - Mickey Harte on Gavin Devlin

18 Apr 2024

1.7k

horsing around

Cargo plane forced to return to New York after horse escapes from stall on board

16 Nov 2023

23.4k

Collision

Passenger (40s) dead after car hits stray horse in Monaghan

8 Jan 2023

32.5k

Animal Welfare

Horse charity raises concerns as it records its first case of suspected bestiality in ten years

27 Jul 2021

90.6k

Case for defence

Owner Reynolds voices support for Elliott - ‘The scars of this week are his ultimate punishment’

4 Mar 2021

19.0k

Apology

Gordon Elliott: 'A moment of madness that I am going to have to spend the rest of my life paying for'

1 Mar 2021

73.2k

giddy up

Ponies in London make house calls to families in isolation to cheer people up

21 Mar 2020

36.5k

horse

Gardaí launch investigation after horse injured in sulky crash in Limerick

18 Mar 2020

50.5k

rail delays

Horse dies after being struck by rush hour train in south Dublin

12 Dec 2019

20.9k

Animals

Horse put down after being found injured and stuck under gate in Meath

24 Nov 2019

47.6k

mikey the pony

Pony suspected of being used as 'dog bait' fighting for life after rescue

8 Aug 2019

32.2k

Judicial review

Owner of thoroughbred horse sues Galway County Council over alleged seizure and slaughter

9 Apr 2019

34.7k

Animal Cruelty

Body of young horse that was used for sulky racing dumped on Dublin road

20 Mar 2019

45.4k

World Class

Team Ireland win eventing silver medal at World Equestrian Games

17 Sep 2018

13.7k

Missing Man

'I'm going to get very greedy next year': World Cup and everything in between the target for Sean O'Brien

29 May 2018

12.8k

give em a clump

Presenter tackles horse, dusts herself down to deliver live preview of the next race

22 May 2018

51.7k

horsin' around

'It could have injured itself badly': DSPCA criticise man who rode horse through Dublin pub

6 Sep 2017

28.7k

Explainer

How did Ireland's horsemeat scandal spark a Europe-wide investigation?

17 Jul 2017

14.1k

Ashford

Gardaí investigating after horses are attacked with axe in Wicklow

27 Jul 2016

24.9k

horsing around

This video of an Irish fan in a horse mask nailing a deadly trick shot is going crazy

22 Jun 2016

13.7k

fear

Authorities struggling to capture horse that has forced children and residents off green

22 May 2016

36.6k

Take a Break

A horse in a three-piece suit is upping the style stakes ahead of Cheltenham

14 Mar 2016

18.6k

Lough Derg

Video: Horse rescued after falling into river and being swept downstream

2 Jan 2016

20.2k

despicable displays

Minions. Hugging dogs. A snow penis. These are the photos that went viral in 2015

28 Dec 2015

25.8k

Houston

Photo shows officer comforting dying police horse after she was hit by a truck

9 Dec 2015

32.2k

horse inside

This lad went shopping on a horse in Tesco Ballinasloe

6 Oct 2015

9.5k

grand national rail

Someone brought a horse on the Luas today

17 Sep 2015

103k

Norfolk

Man pleads guilty to sexual assault on horse

7 Sep 2015

67.3k

Scotland

Horse put down after being stabbed and 'sexually violated'

19 Aug 2015

44.0k

Wicklow

Man dies after falling off horse-drawn cart

13 Aug 2015

21.5k

candle whisperer

Nothing says 'long weekend' like this horse blowing out his own birthday candles

29 May 2015

3.0k

Blarney

PHOTOS: Cork firefighters rescue horse stuck in river

16 Feb 2015

15.0k

abandoned

Seven-month-old foal found with massive neck wounds in Sligo

29 Jan 2015

19.3k

horse inside

Horse gallops into chipper in Listowel

21 Dec 2014

4.6k

good finish

Rescuers mount daring mission to save horses from rising river

14 Nov 2014

37.3k

great little country

21 things Ireland does better than anywhere else in the world

12 Oct 2014

82.7k

good neigh-bours

This tiny horse just wants to get into the police station, OK?

9 Oct 2014

2.9k

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