One man was arrested after he became agitated when a horse was being removed in Kilkenny City.
Gardaí say they had to seize a horse, who they say was obviously malnourished, from a site near the Hebron Road Roundabout last Wednesday.
It wasn’t microchipped and the ISPCA were notified.
They say a number of local men became agitated when they tried to remove the horse, despite claiming that none of them owned it.
One of them was arrested and charged under a breach of the Public Order Act.