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Updated 22:17
THE DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture, the gardaí and Cork City Council this morning seized over 50 horses from the Hollyhill area of Cork City.
The joint operation also discovered the carcasses of three horses.
The Department says that there have been ongoing welfare concerns in relation to the horse sector over the past 12 months arising from the over-production of horses and the presence of unidentified horses on both public and private lands.
More than 3,000 horses have been seized throughout the country so far this year. Some 247 horses have been impounded in the Cork area.
Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said that there had been problems with horses across the northside of Cork City in Gurranabraher, Hollyhill, Knocknaheeny and Nash’s Boreeen. Dead horses have been found at the sites, causing health concerns.
The Department says that there are horses grazing on NAMA and local authority lands in the area.
The Minister said that his department and Cork City Council have been working to prevent the emergence of a welfare problem over coming months and had decided to take this action, which is aimed at removing the horses, evaluating their welfare and checking on their identification.
The horses impounded will not be released unless the owner can provide proof that they have a passport, have paid the appropriate fees and have access to lands registered under the equine regulations.
Originally published 14:29
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always wear a seatbelt while seated on an airplane even at cruising altitude.
@Red hurley: totally agree I always reattach the seat belt every time for reasons like this
@Michael Hayden: knowing my luck that would happen just as I got up to go to the toilet
@Peter Cavey:
It would be worse if you were ON the toilet…mid-shlte.
@Peter Cavey: or in the jax. Pissing all over the place.
Clear Air Turbulence (not “Clean Air”)
Sounds like a terrible experience for all passengers on this flight.If i was on it they would have to send the lads in with full body suits and alot of cleaning products!!!
Terrified of flying so i can safely say i would pass out. I get nervous when they wheel the drink trolley around FFS. Poor children they must of been petrified. Some turbulence. Total carnage. Looked like a crash. What is it about flights around Asia Malaysia etc seems to always be very bad episodes of turbulence. Wouldn’t be flying on holiday anywhere near there. Spain is as far as i go and i need counselling before and after.
@Ní Maith Liom Eva: lived in Asia for years and in my experience landings coming into Ireland can match almost anywhere that I’ve flown into. Between Cork and Dublin I’ve had aborted landings, lightning strikes and two occasions where the whole plane fell deathly silent from the sheer volume of turbulence approaching the airport. Not to say that I’ve never had an incident in Asia but they are far less common, at least in my experience
@China Photo Daily: jeez really. Wow wouldn’t ever of thought that. That deathly silence. Oh fu(k I’d be passed out.
scary stuff
I hope Meredith Grey was on board
Sounds like a bit of an aero flop
Yesterday’s news
Russian plane in turbulence incident was Boeing 777 but this photo looks like Airbus 320 or 310. Journal.ie appears no knowledge of plane model….
Looks like a A320 the A300 series has a double bogie main landing gear, Up in the pointy end of the aircraft there is 5 point seat belts for the crew once in the cruise the shoulder and crotch belts are normally released but the strap across the waist is always kept on.
Good old Aeroflot!!
Couldn’t happen to nicer people
Climate change likely to increase frequency and severity of air turbulence http://www.independent.co.uk/Travel-0/climate-change-air-tubulence-increase-bumpier-flights-passenger-planes-commercial-carbon-dioxide-a7670481.html
Hard to know if there is more incidents of significant turbulence or are we just more well informed. Not a very enjoyable flight I’d say.
Russian plane in tur
Thats what can happen when you fly with a party of international competitors and put beans on the flight menu.
The International Flatulance Awards almost lost half the entrants.
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