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Minister Charlie McConalogue shuts horse abattoir at centre of RTÉ exposé of ‘abhorrent cruelty’
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Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue. Photo: Damien Storan/PA
The Agriculture Minister has shut down operations at the country’s only equine slaughterhouse where “abhorrent” scenes of cruelty to horses were secretly filmed by RTÉ, pending an investigation.
Charlie McConalogue has revealed the abattoir, in Straffan, Co Kildare, has effectively been put out of commission pending an investigation by his officials and gardaí into welfare abuses and illegal activity uncovered by an RTÉ Investigates documentary.
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