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Wicklow Woman Disqualified From Keeping Animals for 30 years

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A Wicklow woman has been disqualified from keeping animals for 30 years.

Sarah Cullen (22) with an address at Asgard Close, Arklow, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty at Arklow, Co. Wicklow District Court (23 July) to four offences under the Animal Health and Welfare Act (AHWA) 2013. The offences include one of obstructing an authorised officer.

The court heard evidence from ISPCA Chief Inspector Conor Dowling, who described how he called to the defendant’s home on Tuesday 9th April 2024, in response to a report received from a concerned member of the public.

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Carlow Man Loses Animal Cruelty Conviction Appeal

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At a March sitting of Carlow Court of Appeals, Judge Cormac Quinn, affirmed the sentence imposed on Nigel O’ Hara of Fourteen Acres, Kilcarrig, Bagnalstown, Co. Carlow who was convicted of animal cruelty in February 2024.

O’Hara had appealed the severity of the sentence imposed by Judge Geraldine Carthy at that time which included a four-month custodial sentence, a lifetime disqualification from keeping dogs, and a €2,000 fine.

In addition, it was ordered that O’Hara pay €3,791.78 in costs for the Irish Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) costs and €3,690 in ministerial prosecutions costs.

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