Edward McDonagh, of Bóthar an Coiste,, Galway, says he owned the stallion called Chief of Colours which was seized by the local authority in February 2018.
He alleges the council’s policy of detaining and disposing of horses where fees have not been paid and failures to give him information legitimately requested by him and to engage with him did not respect his constitutional rights to fair procedure. The council replied the horse had been seized due to several breaches of the Control of Horses Act and that a horse passport issued by theThere was further correspondence between the parties but, on 13th April 2018, Mr McDonagh was informed by the council, if he did not pay €3,100 fees for keeping the horse, it would be put down.
His client was denied fair procedures and there was no evidence before the court concerning the local authority’s assessment of Mr McDonagh’s evidence of the ownership of the horse, counsel said.
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