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From Smithfield Market to the Dunsink dump in Finglas.

An Unexpected End.

By Italy-born, Dublin-based photographer Gianpaolo la Paglia.

Barbra Leonard writes:

With the many sad and and sorry tales of horses in the media at the moment the following photostory may be of interest to your readers.  It really is hard to believe that these beautiful animals are coming to such a horrible Unexpected End here in Ireland.  This project was made in 2010 and as of yet the story is not getting any better for the horses of Ireland

Test results are expected today from new samples taken at the Silvercrest Foods plant at the centre of the controversy over horse meat in beef burgers.

The samples, taken by Department of Agriculture staff at the Ballybay, Co Monaghan, plant on Tuesday, will show if its burgers still contain horse DNA.

They were ordered by Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney after it emerged that a Tesco Everyday Value beef burger made at the plant contained 29.1 per cent horse DNA, relative to meat content.

The finding emerged after the Food Safety Authority of Ireland analysed 27 frozen beef burger products. It found 10, or 37 per cent, tested positive for horse DNA. With the exception of the Tesco burger, the other samples showed horse DNA at very low levels, of 0.1 to 0.3 per cent.

Neigh, neigh and thrice neigh.

New tests to reveal if horse meat still present in burgers (Alison Healy, Irish Times)

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

Should you be giving the pro-life vigil a miss.

The Dublin offering on Saturday to an international day of solidarity with Greek anti-fascists to highlight the rise of the genuinely scary Golden Dawn party.

Chilling, short video on them here.

They make Aine look like Gandhi.

Demonstration At Greek Embassy (Indymedia)

List of worldwide events here

Thanks Conor

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