A peaceful demonstration in response to animal cruelty was held over the weekend in Kilkenny

“It doesn’t matter if it’s the settled community or the travelling community, abuse to animals is wrong.”

So says Bernie Power of the Kilkenny Traveller Movement who says a large number of angry and abusive comments online recently have been aimed at the local traveller community.

It’s after a number of animal cruelty cases recently in which at least two horses died in the city.

A peaceful demonstration in response to these incidents was held over the weekend.

Bernie Power of the Kilkenny Traveller Movement told KCLR this morning that as a result of recent animal neglect cases, the travelling community have been hit with a torrent of abuse online.