Almost 300,000 animals were used in Ireland last year to test the safety, quality, and potency of medicines. A report from the Health Products Regulatory...
232,000 animals used in Irish lab experiments in 2012
More than 230,000 animals were used for experimentation in Irish laboratories in 2012 — more than six times the number used in 2005. Figures released...
Inside the mouse house: animal testing in Irish labs
Animals are used all the time for research in Ireland but scientists are split about whether or not to talk openly about it
Implementation of non-animal Botox test hindered for commercial reasons
Dramatic increase in animal experimentation over recent years, due to botox testing The IAVS has been protesting against the dramatic increase in animal experimentation over...
Government vows to ensure cosmetics comply with ban on animal testing
A Government pledge to check that cosmetics being sold in Ireland comply with an international animal testing ban has been welcomed by animal rights groups....
Fury at animal killing law
Animal rights campaigners have expressed fury that the Government has ignored calls for a ban on the killing of newborn animals by “concussion or blow...
TCD spent €368,000 on animals for medical tests
LIVE animals are increasingly being experimented on by Irish scientists, despite controversy over the practice
Animal test suffering loophole criticised
Animal welfare groups have hit out at Government plans to implement a loophole clause allowing Ireland to carry out experiments that inflict severe pain on...
Animal-testing reforms need to be debated
New regulations governing animal experimentation are due before the Dáil
Animal test to continue despite alternative
A new method of testing Botox has been licensed here but the controversial animal poison test it will replace may not be phased out