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
Colleges spend €3m on live lab animals
Irish colleges have spent over €3m buying live animals for experimentation since 2005.The number of animals used in tests in laboratories has rocketed 800% in...
Inspection rates at animal test sites low
Just 66 inspections were carried out at organisations who conducted experiments on 818,000 animals over a six-year period. Given that 40 companies and institutions registered...
Animal testing on the rise in Ireland
If you thought animal testing was a thing of the past, think again as new figures show that the number of animals...
280,000 animals used for testing in 2010
THE number of animals used for experimentation in Irish laboratories has rocketed 800% in five years, raising serious concerns among welfare groups. Figures from the...
Number of animals tested doubles in year
Concerns have been expressed that Ireland is becoming an international centre for animal testing