Seamus Clarke, Senior Counsel and member of the Bar Council of Ireland and Bailieborough Native, remarked that appeals by accused or affected persons have a much lower success rate.

All appeared before the District Court over the weekend.

Monaghan Gardai arrested a suspect under suspicion of sale and supply.

A man in his 30's was arrested.

'We know it's a persistent and deliberate pattern of behaviour by an abuser over a long period of time'

252 people were prosecuted for the crime in 2019.

'Ruth Lawrence originally from Clontarf in Dublin, was wanted by Interpol having fled Ireland'

'Dogs did not require medical treatment and were sent for rehoming'